Screening nature cinema beyond the human
Environmentalism and ecology are areas of rapid growth in academia and society at large. Screening Nature is the first comprehensive work that groups together the wide range of concerns in the field of cinema and the environment, and what could be termed "posthuman cinema." It comprises k...
Otros Autores: | , |
---|---|
Formato: | Libro electrónico |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
New York :
Berghahn Books
2013.
|
Edición: | 1st ed |
Materias: | |
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009660932506719 |
Sumario: | Environmentalism and ecology are areas of rapid growth in academia and society at large. Screening Nature is the first comprehensive work that groups together the wide range of concerns in the field of cinema and the environment, and what could be termed "posthuman cinema." It comprises key readings that highlight the centrality of nature and nonhuman animals to the cinematic medium, and to the language and institution of film. The book offers a fresh and timely intervention into contemporary film theory through a focus on the nonhuman environment as principal register in many filmic texts. S |
---|---|
Notas: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (303 p.) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9781461952497 9781782382270 |