Table of Contents

List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Cinematic Ecodisasters and Our Basic Human NeedsPart 1: Human Approaches to the Ecology of Air, Water, and Clothing1. At the Boiling Point: The Aesthetics of Atmospheric Pollution and Climate Change in Documentary and Feature Films2. James Bond and Water Wars in Contemporary Film: A New Ecowarrior?3. Ready to Wear? From Fashion to Environmental JusticePart 2: Ecodocumentaries and the Rhetoric of Food Production4. Contemporary Ecofood Films: The Documentary Tradition5. Flipper? We’re Eating Flipper? Documenting Animals Rights and Environmental Ethics at SeaPart 3: Negative Externalities of Housing and Energy Industries6. Give Me Shelter: The Ecology of Homes and Homelessness7. Activism in Mountaintop Removal Films: Turn Off the Lights for Sustainability8. The Search for the “Golden Shrimp”: The Myth of Interdependence in Oil Drilling FilmsConclusion: Can the Film Industry and the Environmental Movement Mix?FilmographyWorks CitedIndex

About the Author

Robin L. Murray is a professor of English at Eastern Illinois University. Joseph K. Heumann is a professor emeritus of communication studies at Eastern Illinois University. Murray and Heumann are the coauthors of Ecology and Popular Film: Cinema on the Edge; That’s All Folks: Ecocritical Readings of American Animated Features (Nebraska, 2011); and Gunfight at the Eco-Corral: Western Cinema and the Environment.

Reviews

“The authors’ grasp of historical and legal context is top-notch and the book consistently connects the issues and arguments represented in the films to their potential to inspire environmental activism in the viewer. . . . A broad-based, historically detailed overview of its fascinating and relevant central theme.”—Carter Soles, Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and the Environment