Landscape and the Environment in Hollywood Film: The Green Machine (Palgrave Studies in Media and Environmental Communication)

"This book systematically explores how popular Hollywood film portrays environmental issues through various genres. In so doing, it reveals the influence exerted by media consolidation and the drive for profit on Hollywood's portrayal of the natural landscape, which ultimately shapes how environmental problems and their solutions are presented to audiences. Analysis is framed by a consideration of how cultural studies can make more theoretical and practical room for environmental concern, thereby expanding its capacity for critical examination. The book begins by introducing the theoretical underpinning of the research as it relates to cultural studies, landscape, and genre. In the chapters that follow, each genre is taken in turn, starting with popular animated family films and progressing through spy thrillers, eco-thrillers, science fiction, Westerns, superhero films, and drama. This book is ideal for students and scholars in a variety of disciplines, including film, environmental studies, communication, political economy, and cultural studies"-- Provided by publisher Front Matter ....Pages i-x Introduction: Greening the Machine—Hollywood Takes an Interest in the Environment (Ellen E. Moore)....Pages 1-30 Cradle to Crave: The Commodification of the Environment in Family Films (Ellen E. Moore)....Pages 31-65 The Spy Who Saved Me: Sustainability, Identity, and Intrigue in the Espionage Thriller (Ellen E. Moore)....Pages 67-95 Imagining Disaster in the Eco-Thriller (Ellen E. Moore)....Pages 97-119 Stranger than (Science) Fiction: Environmental Dystopia in Hollywood Sci-Fi (Ellen E. Moore)....Pages 121-156 The Lone Danger: Resource Scarcity in the Western (Ellen E. Moore)....Pages 157-186 “Super” Green: Sustainable Superheroes Tackle the Environment (Ellen E. Moore)....Pages 187-212 The World Slowly Dies for Profit: The Portrayal of Environmental Issues in Drama (Ellen E. Moore)....Pages 213-244 Conclusion (Ellen E. Moore)....Pages 245-262 Back Matter ....Pages 263-275 Ellen Moore. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 263-266) And Index.