Ecocinema in the City

1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-0-367-89113-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 322 g

Reihe: Routledge Advances in Film Studies

In Ecocinema in the City, Murray and Heumann argue that urban ecocinema both reveals and critiques visions of urban environmentalism. The book emphasizes the increasingly transformative power of nature in urban settings, explored in both documentaries and fictional films such as Children Underground, White Dog, Hatari! and Lives Worth Living. The first two sections—"Evolutionary Myths Under the City" and "Urban Eco-trauma"—take more traditional ecocinema approaches and emphasize the city as a dangerous constructed space. The last two sections—"Urban Nature and Interdependence" and "The Sustainable City"—however, bring to life the vibrant relationships between human and nonhuman nature. Ecocinema in the City provides a space to explore these relationships, revealing how ecocinema shows that both human and nonhuman nature can interact sustainably and thrive.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Murray, Robin L.

Heumann, Joseph K.

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geographie: Sachbuch, Reise
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltschutz, Umwelterhaltung
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Ökologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften, Biologie: Sachbuch, Naturführer

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Urban Nature on Film

Part I: Evolutionary Myths Under the City

1. The City, The Sewers, The Underground: Reconstructing Urban Space in Film Noir

2. Documenting Environmental Adaptation Under the City: Children Underground

Part II: Urban Eco-Trauma

3. Girls in the Hood: An Eco-Trauma of Childhood

4. Dogs and Eco-Trauma: the Making of a Monster in White God

Part III: Urban Nature and Interdependence

5. Hatari Means Danger: Filmic Representations of Animal Welfare and Environmentalism at the Zoo

6. Eco-Therapy in Central Park: Documenting Urban Birdwatching

7. Green Lungs: Partnering with Nature in the Urban Garden Film

Part IV: The Sustainable City

8. Urban Farming on Film: Moving Toward Environmental Justice in the City

9. Lives Worth Living and the Sustainable (and Accessible) City

Conclusion: The "Absent City" of the Future

Über Autor(innen)

Robin L. Murray is Professor of English, Film Studies, and Women’s Studies at Eastern Illinois University, USA

Joseph K. Heumann is Professor Emeritus of Communication Studies at Eastern Illinois University, USA