Landscape and the Environment in Hollywood Film: The Green Machine

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Synopsis
This book systematically explores how popular Hollywood film portrays environmental issues through various genres. In so doing, it reveals the influence exerted by media consolidation and the drive for profit on Hollywood’s portrayal of the natural landscape, which ultimately shapes how environmental problems and their solutions are presented to audiences. Analysis is framed by a consideration of how cultural studies can make more theoretical and practical room for environmental concern, thereby expanding its capacity for critical examination. The book begins by introducing the theoretical underpinning of the research as it relates to cultural studies, landscape, and genre. In the chapters that follow, each genre is taken in turn, starting with popular animated family films and progressing through spy thrillers, eco-thrillers, science fiction, Westerns, superhero films, and drama. This book is ideal for students and scholars in a variety of disciplines, including film, environmental studies, communication, political economy, and cultural studies.
Copyright:
2017

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Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:
9783319564111
Related ISBNs:
9783319564104
Publisher:
Springer International Publishing
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Ellen E. Moore
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Entertainment, Nonfiction, Science, Art and Architecture, Social Studies
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Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.

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