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That´s All Folks?: Ecocritical Readings of American Animated Features
Robin L. Murray
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Description for That´s All Folks?: Ecocritical Readings of American Animated Features
Hardback. Offers fresh insights into the changing perceptions of the relationship between humans and the environment and a new understanding of environmental and animated cinema Num Pages: 296 pages, 22 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFV; RNKH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 142 x 26. Weight in Grams: 504.
Although some credit the environmental movement of the 1970s, with its profound impact on children’s television programs and movies, for paving the way for later eco-films, the history of environmental expression in animated film reaches much further back in American history, as That’s All Folks? makes clear.
Countering the view that the contemporary environmental movement—and the cartoons it influenced—came to life in the 1960s, Robin L. Murray and Joseph K. Heumann reveal how environmentalism was already a growing concern in animated films of the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s. From Felix the Cat cartoons to Disney’s beloved Bambi to Pixar’s ... Read more
Although some credit the environmental movement of the 1970s, with its profound impact on children’s television programs and movies, for paving the way for later eco-films, the history of environmental expression in animated film reaches much further back in American history, as That’s All Folks? makes clear.
Countering the view that the contemporary environmental movement—and the cartoons it influenced—came to life in the 1960s, Robin L. Murray and Joseph K. Heumann reveal how environmentalism was already a growing concern in animated films of the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s. From Felix the Cat cartoons to Disney’s beloved Bambi to Pixar’s ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Lincoln, United States
ISBN
9780803235120
SKU
V9780803235120
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About Robin L. Murray
Robin L. Murray is a professor of English at Eastern Illinois University. Joseph K. Heumann is a professor emeritus at Eastern Illinois University. They are the coauthors of Ecology and Popular Film: Cinema on the Edge.
Reviews for That´s All Folks?: Ecocritical Readings of American Animated Features
"This volume is a welcome addition to the growing scholarship on ecocriticism and film."—Paula Willoquet-Maricondi, ISLE "Murray and Heumann's research subject is original, and their survey covers a wide spectrum of material. They offer animation studies and ecocritical readings a new and exciting direction."—Özge Samanci, Journal of Film and Video