Transnational Ecocinema
Transnational Ecocinema
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Summary
Discussion of Hollywood film has dominated much of the contemporary dialogue on ecocriticism and the cinema – until now. With Transnational Ecocinemas, the editors open up the critical debate to look at a larger variety of films from many different countries and cultures.
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Transnational Ecocinema by Gustafsson Tommy
Until recently, discussion of Hollywood film has dominated much of the contemporary dialogue on ecocriticism and the cinema. Transnational Ecocinema, open up the critical debate to look at a larger variety of films from many different countries and cultures. By foregrounding these films with their economic and political contexts, the contributors offer a more comprehensive and nuanced look at the role of place in ecocinema. The essays also interrogate proposed global solutions to environmental issues by presenting an ecocritical perspective on different film and cultural considerations from around the globe.'Tommy Gustafsson and Pietari Kääpä’s edited collection of essays is at the forefront of critical concerns'
-- Media International Australia, Corderoy, E. L.
Pietari Kääpä is associate professor in media and communications at the University of Warwick. His current research interests focus on environmental media studies, especially the use of environmental incentives in media production, as exemplified in his recent book, Environmental Management of the Media: Policy, Industry, Practice (Routledge, 2018). He has also published widely on Nordic genre film and television, including The Politics of Nordsploitation: History, Industry, Audiences (with Tommy Gustafsson, Bloomsbury, 2020) Tommy Gustafsson holds a Ph.D. in history and is professor of film studies at Linnaeus University. His publications include Masculinity in the Golden Age of Swedish Cinema: A Cultural Analysis of 1920s Films (McFarland, 2014) and the anthology Nordic Genre Film: Small Nation Film Cultures in the Global Marketplace (with Pietari Kääpä, Edinburgh University Press, 2015).
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781841507293 |
| ISBN 10 | 1841507296 |
| Title | Transnational Ecocinema |
| Author | Pietari Kääpä |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Intellect |
| Year published | 2013-07-15 |
| Number of pages | 216 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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