Ecological and environmental turns : (re)mapping China's sociocultural landscape through ecocinema /
"The world faces unprecedented challenges from war, disease, and environmental disasters. Post-COVID-19, the need to reconsider human-nonhuman relations has become critical. This book remaps China's socio-environmental landscape through ecocinema and ecocriticism, exploring how we might re...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Amherst, New York :
Cambria Press,
2025.
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| Series: | Cambria sinophone world series.
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| Summary: | "The world faces unprecedented challenges from war, disease, and environmental disasters. Post-COVID-19, the need to reconsider human-nonhuman relations has become critical. This book remaps China's socio-environmental landscape through ecocinema and ecocriticism, exploring how we might redefine the relationship between nature and culture beyond anthropocentric perspectives. Focusing on four turns-to the historical, spatial, material, and animal-the book examines twelve films, from Hollywood blockbusters to Chinese documentaries. It demonstrates how shifting from an anthropocentric to an eco-environmental perspective transforms our view of the world. This interdisciplinary approach integrates humanities and sciences, fostering environmental awareness and offering practical insights"-- |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 366 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781638573296 1638573298 |