{"product_id":"reel-nature-9780295988863","title":"Reel Nature","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExamines how wildlife filmmaking changed in reaction to the struggle between portraying good science and gaining a popular audience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Mitman's research, nuanced and satisfying, contributes to both film theory and ecocritical theory and explores the ways in which they should not be separated.\"\u003c\/p\u003e -- Stephanie Lyells * Journal of Ecocriticism *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"How the wildlife documentary got from Roosevelt to Disneyworld is a story of charlatans, hucksters, crooks, imaginative cameramen, brilliant zoology and shameless appeal to the sex and violence of life as cinema audiences have grown to expect it to be. Mitman . . . tells the American version of this lurid celluloid safari.\"\u003c\/p\u003e -- Tim Radford * The Guardian *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"American wildlife film-makers . . . abandoned truth in favor of more alluring lode stars. \u003ci\u003eReel Nature\u003c\/i\u003e is an admirable history of why they did so. . . . Very well told.\"\u003c\/p\u003e -- Stephen Mills * Times Literary Supplement *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"While nature films have had a positive impact on our understanding of nature, the whole truth about our place in the web of life has been left on the cutting-room floor.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * Booklist *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrologue\u003cbr\u003e 1 \/ Hunting with the Camera\u003cbr\u003e 2 \/ Science versus Showmanship on the Silent Screen\u003cbr\u003e 3 \/ Zooming In on Animals' Private Lives \u003cbr\u003e 4 \/ Wildlife Conservation through a Wide-Angle Lens \u003cbr\u003e 5 \/ Disney's True-Life Adventures \u003cbr\u003e 6 \/ Domesticating Nature on the Television Set \u003cbr\u003e 7 \/ A Ringside Seat in the Making of a Pet Star \u003cbr\u003e 8 \/ Global Visions, Tourist Dreams \u003cbr\u003e Epilogue \u003cbr\u003e Notes \u003cbr\u003e Credits\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Washington Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400917590359,"sku":"9780295988863","price":29.66,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780295988863.jpg?v=1730471942","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/reel-nature-9780295988863","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}