03563nam 2200673 450 991079104380332120230803221312.00-8032-5515-20-8032-5514-4(CKB)2550000001276698(EBL)1676467(SSID)ssj0001184618(PQKBManifestationID)11678693(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001184618(PQKBWorkID)11196527(PQKB)10825749(MiAaPQ)EBC1676467(OCoLC)877868623(MdBmJHUP)muse32528(Au-PeEL)EBL1676467(CaPaEBR)ebr10861957(CaONFJC)MIL598700(OCoLC)881415456(EXLCZ)99255000000127669820140506h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrFilm and everyday eco-disasters /Robin L. Murray and Joseph K. HeumannLincoln, [Nebraska] :University of Nebraska Press,2014.©20141 online resource (411 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8032-4874-1 1-306-67449-2 Includes filmography.Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: cinematic ecodisasters and our basic human needs -- Human approaches to the ecology of air, water, and clothing. At the boiling point: the aesthetics of atmospheric pollution and climate change in documentary and feature films -- James Bond and water wars in contemporary film: a new ecowarrior? -- Ready to wear? from fashion to environmental justice -- Ecodocumentaries and the rhetoric of food production. Contemporary ecofood films: the documentary tradition -- Flipper? We're eating Flipper? documenting animals rights and environmental ethics at sea -- Negative externalities of housing and energy industries -- Give me shelter: the ecology of homes and homelessness -- Activism in mountaintop removal films: turn off the lights for sustainability -- The search for the "golden shrimp": the myth of interdependence in oil drilling films -- Conclusion: can the film industry and the environmental movement mix? Eco-disasters such as coal-mining accidents, oil spills, and food-borne diseases appear regularly in the news, making them seem nearly commonplace. These ecological crises highlight the continual tensions between human needs and the environmental impact these needs produce. Contemporary documentaries and feature films explore environmental-human conflicts by depicting the consequences of our overconsumption and dependence on nonrenewable energy. Film and Everyday Eco-disasters examines changing perspectives toward everyday eco-disasters as reflected in the wEnvironmental protection and motion picturesEcology in motion picturesDocumentary filmsHistory and criticismDocumentary filmsInfluenceEnvironmental protection and motion pictures.Ecology in motion pictures.Documentary filmsHistory and criticism.Documentary filmsInfluence.070.1/8Murray Robin L.873386Heumann Joseph K.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910791043803321Film and everyday eco-disasters3804495UNINA