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Ecomobilities : driving the anthropocene in popular cinema

Title
Ecomobilities : driving the anthropocene in popular cinema / Michael W. Pesses.
Author
Pesses, Michael W.
Publication
Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2021]

Details

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
  • Apocalyptic films > United States > History and criticism
  • Automobiles in motion pictures
  • Automobiles > Social aspects > History. > United States
  • Human ecology in motion pictures
  • Ecocriticism
  • Apocalyptic films
  • Automobiles > Social aspects
  • United States
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
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