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Seeing green : the use and abuse of American environmental images /

"Over 15 chapters, Dunaway transforms what we know about icons and events. Seeing Green is the first history of ads, films, political posters, and magazine photography in the postwar American environmental movement. From fear of radioactive fallout during the Cold War to anxieties about global...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dunaway, Finis (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2015.
Subjects:
Environmentalism > United States.
Visual communication > United States.
Environmentalism in mass media.
Environmentalism in art.
Disasters in art.
Environmentalism.
Visual communication.
United States.
Ökologische Bewegung.
Visuelle Kommunikation.
Massenmedien.
USA.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
Electronic books.
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Summary:"Over 15 chapters, Dunaway transforms what we know about icons and events. Seeing Green is the first history of ads, films, political posters, and magazine photography in the postwar American environmental movement. From fear of radioactive fallout during the Cold War to anxieties about global warming today, images have helped to produce what Dunaway calls "ecological citizenship," telling us that "we are all to blame." Dunaway heightens our awareness of how depictions of environmental catastrophes are constructed, manipulated, and fought over"--Publisher info.
Physical Description:viii, 337 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-326) and index.
ISBN:9780226169903
0226169901