Landscape And The Environment In Hollywood Film: The Green Machine (palgrave Studies In Media And Environmental Communication)
by Ellen E. Moore /
2017 / English / PDF
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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.
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.
