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G U S T A F S S edited by TOMMY GUSTAFSSON PIETARI KÄÄPÄ O N | K Ä Ä P ECOCINEMA Ä Until recently, discussion of Hollywood film has dominated much of the contemporary dialogue on ecocriticism and the cinema. With edited by TOMMY GUSTAFSSON PIETARI KAAPA Transnational Ecocinema, the editors open up the critical debate to look at a larger variety of films from many different countries and cultures. By foregrounding these films with their economic and political contexts, the contributors offer a more comprehensive and nuanced look at the role of place in ecocinema. The essays also ECOCINEMA interrogate proposed global solutions to environmental issues by presenting an ecocritical perspective on different film and cultural considerations from around the globe. Tommy Gustafsson is an Associate Professor of Film Studies at the E Film Culture in an Era of Ecological Transformation C Department of Film and Literature, Linnaeus University. O C Pietari Kääpä is a postdoctoral research fellow at University of I N Helsinki. With Intellect he previously published The Cinema of Mika E M Kaurismäki: Transvergent Cinescapes, Emergent Identities (2011), A Directory of World Cinema: Finland (2012) and World Film Locations: Helsinki (2013). intellect | www.intellectbooks.com Transnational Ecocinema 0077229933__FFMM..iinndddd ii 11//3311//1133 11::1111::0055 PPMM 0077229933__FFMM..iinndddd iiii 11//3311//1133 11::1111::0055 PPMM Transnational Ecocinema Film Culture in an Era of Ecological Transformation Edited by Pietari Kääpä and Tommy Gustafsson intellect Bristol, UK / Chicago, USA 0077229933__FFMM..iinndddd iiiiii 22//77//1133 1100::5522::4422 AAMM First published in the UK in 2013 by Intellect, The Mill, Parnall Road, Fishponds, Bristol, BS16 3JG, UK First published in the USA in 2013 by Intellect, The University of Chicago Press, 1427 E. 60th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, USA Copyright © 2013 Intellect Ltd All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Cover designer: T/K Copy-editor: MPS Technologies Production manager: Jelena Stanovnik Typesetting: Planman Technologies ISBN: 978-1-84150-729-3 ePUB ISBN: 978-1-78320-127-3 ePDF ISBN: 978-1-78320-128-0 Printed and bound by Hobbs, UK 0077229933__FFMM..iinndddd iivv 44//1177//1133 33::4422::4433 PPMM Table of Contents Acknowledgements vii PART I: Introduction to Transnational Ecocinema 1 Introduction: Transnational Ecocinema in an age of Ecological Transformation 3 Pietari Kääpä and Tommy Gustafsson Transnational Approaches to Ecocinema: Charting an Expansive Field 21 Pietari Kääpä PART II: Documentary Politics and the Ecological Imagination 45 Colourful Screens: Water Imaginaries in Documentaries from China and Taiwan 47 Enoch Yee-Lok Tam From My Fancy High Heels to Useless Clothing: ‘Interconnectedness’ and Ecocritical Issues in Transnational Documentaries 65 Kiu-wai Chu Ecocinema and ‘Good Life’ in Latin America 85 Roberto Forns-Broggi Dimensions of Humanity in Earthlings (2005) and Encounters at the End of the World (2007) 101 Ilda Teresa de Castro PART III: Popular Film and Ecology 117 China Has a Natural Environment, Too!: Consumerist and Ideological Ecoimaginaries in the Cinema of Feng Xiaogang 119 Corrado Neri 0077229933__FFMM..iinndddd vv 22//66//1133 11::5544::0066 PPMM Transnational Ecocinema And the Oscar Goes to … Ecoheroines, Ecoheros and the Development of Ecothemes from The China Syndrome (1979) to GasLand (2010) 137 Tommy Gustafsson PART IV: (In)Sustainable Footprint Of Cinema 163 Climate Change Films: Fear and Agency Appeals 165 Inês Crespo and Ângela Pereira Envisaging Environmental Change: Foregrounding Place in Three Australian Ecomedia Initiatives 187 Susan Ward and Rebecca Coyle Afterword—Towards a Transnational Understanding of the Anthropocene 207 Tommy Gustafsson and Pietari Kääpä Contributor Details 213 Index 217 vi 0077229933__FFMM..iinndddd vvii 22//66//1133 11::5544::0077 PPMM Acknowledgements Th is volume would not have been possible without the institutions and individuals that provided both structural support and critical feedback during its construction. Th e collective work that has resulted in Transnational Ecocinema has benefi tted from inspired contributions by both established and emergent scholars. Th is combination of perspectives appropriately refl ects the emergent interdisciplinary nature of ecocinema studies. As part of a concrete eff ort to expand the fi eld beyond national industries or culturally located forms of production, the global scope envisioned by the writers is refl ected in their personal circumstances—we are fortunate to be able to rethink ecocinema through contributions from scholars based in diff erent continents, from Hong Kong to the United States, from Australia to Latin America. Not only do they write in diff erent geographical and—cultural locations, but their work engages with the ways ecological considerations extend and fl ow across borders. We would like to extend our gratitude to the following individuals for their comments and support on preparing the manuscript: Lars-Gustaf Andersson, Henry Bacon, Pat Brereton, Chia-Ju Chang, Sean Cubitt, Jiayan Mi, Salma Monani, Sheldon Lu, Stephen Rust, Leonie Rutherford, Deb Verhoeven, Ingrid Stigsdotter, Jiwei Xiao. Our editors at Intellect, especially Jelena Stanovnik, have provided their usual level of professionalism and support and made the process of editing the book so much more effi cient. Last, we would like to thank Holger och Th yra Lauritzens stift else för främjande av fi lmhistorisk verksamhet to whom we are much obliged for their generous economic support for the publication of this book. 0077229933__FFMM..iinndddd vviiii 22//2200//22001133 11::1133::5500 PPMM 0077229933__FFMM..iinndddd vviiiiii 11//3311//1133 11::1111::0055 PPMM PART I Introduction to Transnational Ecocinema 0077229933__IInnttrroo__pp000011--002200..iinndddd 11 22//2222//22001133 1100::4422::5533 AAMM
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