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 key readings...
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| Format | eBook |
| Language | English |
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New York, NY
Berghahn Books
2013
Berghahn Books, Incorporated |
| Edition | 1 |
| Series | Berghahn on film |
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Table of Contents:
- Screening nature: cinema beyond the human -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction. Intersecting Ecology and Film -- Part I. Eco-poetics: Film, Form and the Natural World -- 1. Three Worlds: Dwelling and Worldhood on Screen -- 2. Ten Skies, 13 Lakes, 15 Pools - Structure, Immanence and Eco-aesthetics in the Swimmer and James Benning's Land Films -- 3. Land as Protagonist - An Interview with James Benning -- Part II. Zoe-tropes: Envisioning the Nonhuman -- 4. Anthropomorphism and Its Vicissitudes: Reflections on Homme-sick Cinema -- 5. Animism and the Performative Realist Cinema of Apichatpong Weerasethakul -- 6. Was Blind But Now I See: Animal Liberation Documentaries' Deconstruction of Barriers to Witnessing Injustice -- 7. Filming the Frozen South: Animals in Early Antarctic Exploration Films -- Part III. Eco-politics Environment, Image, Ideology: Environment, Image, Ideology -- 8. Dirty Pictures: Framing Pollution and Desire in 'new New Queer Cinema' -- 9. Utopia in the Mud: Nature and Landscape in the Soviet Science Fiction Film -- 10. Animals, Avatars and the Gendering of Nature -- 11. Buried Land -- Part IV. Eco-praxis Film as Environmental Practice -- 12. Strange Seeing: Re-viewing Nature in the Films of Rose Lowder -- 13. The Art of Self-emptying and Ecological Integration: Bae Yong-kyun's Why Has Bodhidharma Left for the East? -- 14. An Inconvenient Truth: Science and Argumentation in the Expository Documentary Film -- 15. Planet in Focus: Environmental Film Festivals -- Notes on Contributors -- Index.
- Front Matter Table of Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction. 1: Three Worlds: 2: Ten Skies, 13 Lakes, 15 Pools – Structure, Immanence and Eco-aesthetics in The Swimmer And James Benning’ s Land Films 3: Land as Protagonist – An Interview with James Benning 4: Anthropomorphism and Its Vicissitudes: 5: Animism and the Performative Realist Cinema of Apichatpong Weerasethakul 6: Was Blind But Now I See: 7: Filming the Frozen South: 8: Dirty Pictures: 9: Utopia in the Mud: 10: Animals, Avatars and the Gendering of Nature 11: Buried Land: 12: Strange Seeing: 13: The Art of Self-emptying and Ecological Integration: 14: An Inconvenient Truth: 15: Planet in Focus: Notes on Contributors Index
- Intro -- Title page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part I Eco-poetics Film, Form and the Natural World -- 1 Three Worlds -- 2 Ten Skies, 13 Lakes, 15 Pools - Structure, Immanence and Eco-aesthetics in The Swimmer and James Benning's Land Films -- 3 Land as Protagonist - An Interview with James Benning -- Part II Zoe-tropes Envisioning the Nonhuman -- 4 Anthropomorphism and Its Vicissitudes -- 5 Animism and the Performative Realist Cinema of Apichatpong Weerasethakul -- 6 Was Blind But Now I See -- 7 Filming the Frozen South -- Part III Eco-politics Environment, Image, Ideology -- 8 Dirty Pictures -- 9 Utopia in the Mud -- 10 Animals, Avatars and the Gendering of Nature -- 11 Buried Land -- Part IV Eco-praxis Film as Environmental Practice -- 12 Strange Seeing -- 13 The Art of Self-emptying and Ecological Integration -- 14 An Inconvenient Truth -- 15 Planet in Focus -- Notes on Contributors -- Index