- Description
- vii, 115 pages : illustrations (black and white); 24 cm.
- Summary
- "Ecomobilities examines the American cultural attachment to automobility. By analyzing the role of machines and transportation in apocalyptic films, Michael W. Pesses reveals the ideological connections between automobiles, the environment, and the end of the world"--
- Series Statement
- Environment and society
- Uniform Title
- Environment and society.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: Driving the anthropocene -- 1. Method -- 2. "So shiny so chrome": images and ideology of humans, machines, and the earth in George Miller's Mad Max: Fury Road -- 3. Machines precede the climate: the technological fix -- 4. Zombies and the horror of not having a car: apocalyptic stories as ecomobilities -- 5. "I hope you have a big trunk 'cause I'm putting my bike in it": alternative transportation as a reinforcement of capitalism -- Conclusion.
- ISBN
- 9781498598194
- 1498598196
- 9781498598200 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2021035580
- OCLC
- YBP 2021035580
- Author
Pesses, Michael W., author.
- Title
Ecomobilities : driving the anthropocene in popular cinema / Michael W. Pesses.
- Publisher
Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2021]
- Type of Content
text
- Type of Medium
unmediated
- Type of Carrier
volume
- Series
Environment and society
Environment and society.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Form:
Online version: Pesses, Michael W. Ecomobilties Lanham : Lexington Books, [2021] 9781498598200 (DLC) 2021035581