Transnational Ecocinema

'Tommy Gustafsson and Pietari Kps edited collection of essays is at the forefront of critical concerns.' -- Media International Australia, Corderoy, E. L.

Pietari Kp is associate professor in media and communications at the University of Warwick. His current research interests focus on environmental media studies, especially the use of environmental incentives in media production, as exemplified in his recent book, Environmental Management of the Media: Policy, Industry, Practice (Routledge, 2018). He has also published widely on Nordic genre film and television, including The Politics of Nordsploitation: History, Industry, Audiences (with Tommy Gustafsson, Bloomsbury, 2020) Tommy Gustafsson holds a Ph.D. in history and is professor of film studies at Linnaeus University. His publications include Masculinity in the Golden Age of Swedish Cinema: A Cultural Analysis of 1920s Films (McFarland, 2014) and the anthology Nordic Genre Film: Small Nation Film Cultures in the Global Marketplace (with Pietari Kp, Edinburgh University Press, 2015).

PART I: Introduction to Transnational Ecocinema Introduction: Transnational Ecocinema in an age of Ecological Transformation Pietari Kp and Tommy Gustafsson Transnational Approaches to Ecocinema: Charting an Expansive Field Pietari Kp PART II: Documentary Politics and the Ecological Imagination Colourful Screens: Water Imaginaries in Documentaries from China and Taiwan Enoch Yee-Lok Tam From My Fancy High Heels to Useless Clothing: Interconnectedness and Ecocritical Issues in Transnational Documentaries Kiu-wai Chu Ecocinema and Good Life in Latin America Roberto Forns-Broggi Dimensions of Humanity in Earthlings (2005) and Encounters at the End of the World (2007) Ilda Teresa de Castro PART III: Popular Film and Ecology China Has a Natural Environment, Too!: Consumerist and Ideological Ecoimaginaries in the Cinema of Feng Xiaogang Corrado Neri And the Oscar Goes to Ecoheroines, Ecoheros and the Development of Ecothemes from The China Syndrome (1979) to GasLand (2010) Tommy Gustafsson PART IV: (In)Sustainable Footprint Of Cinema Climate Change Films: Fear and Agency Appeals Ins Crespo and ngela Pereira Envisaging Environmental Change: Foregrounding Place in Three Australian Ecomedia Initiatives Susan Ward and Rebecca Coyle Afterword Towards a Transnational Understanding of the Anthropocene Tommy Gustafsson and Pietari Kp