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Enviro-toons : green themes in animated cinema and television

Title
Enviro-toons : green themes in animated cinema and television / Deidre M. Pike.
Author
PIke, Deidre M., 1965-
Publication
Jefferson, N.C. ; London : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, c2012.

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Description
vii, 203 p.; 23 cm.
Summary
"This book takes an ecrocritical approach to analytical readings of animated feature films, short subjects and television shows. Beginning with the "simply subversive" environmental messages in cartoons of the 1920s to including the works of Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki. The appendix provides a list of film and television titles honored with the Environmental Media Award for Animation"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-195) and index.
Contents
Introduction: ecocriticism and animation -- Simply subversive-Felix the cat -- Fear and loathing in Bambi -- Hand-drawn Homer, a comic hero in The Simpsons movie -- Futurama's ecofeminist reading room -- Farting hybrids in South Park's rainforest -- Tap dance of the penguins -- Hovering humanity in Wall-E -- Waking up from Avatar -- Deep ecologies of Hayao Miyazaki -- Animation energy.
Call Number
MFL 12-6115
ISBN
  • 9780786465927 (softcover : alk. paper)
  • 0786465921 (softcover : alk. paper)
LCCN
2012013096
OCLC
761369400
Author
PIke, Deidre M., 1965-
Title
Enviro-toons : green themes in animated cinema and television / Deidre M. Pike.
Imprint
Jefferson, N.C. ; London : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, c2012.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-195) and index.
Research Call Number
MFL 12-6115
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