{"product_id":"transactions-with-the-world-ecocriticism-and-the-environmental-sensibility-of-new-hollywood-9781800737235","title":"Transactions with the World: Ecocriticism and the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tIn their bold experimentation and bracing engagement with culture and politics, the “New Hollywood” films of the late 1960s and early 1970s are justly celebrated contributions to American cinematic history. Relatively unexplored, however, has been the profound environmental sensibility that characterized movies such as \u003cem\u003eThe Wild Bunch\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eChinatown\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eNashville\u003c\/em\u003e. This brisk and engaging study explores how many hallmarks of New Hollywood filmmaking, such as the increased reliance on location shooting and the rejection of American self-mythologizing, made the era such a vividly “grounded” cinematic moment. Synthesizing a range of narrative, aesthetic, and ecocritical theories, it offers a genuinely fresh perspective on one of the most studied periods in film history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“This valuable work engages fully with the field of cinema studies and demonstrates ways of building on traditional film theory from an ecocritical perspective. The author speaks the language of film aesthetics, provides sophisticated analyses that go beyond cursory readings of plot and narrative, and directly engages with film technology and its impact on textual meaning.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e · Stephen A. Rust\u003c\/strong\u003e, University of Oregon\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“This is a significant contribution to the burgeoning field of ecocinema. The analyses of individual films are all expertly positioned within the existing literature, and O’Brien makes a convincing case for rethinking New Hollywood, as a mode of production and a cultural moment, from an ecocritical perspective.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e · Pietari Kääpä\u003c\/strong\u003e, University of Stirling\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of illustrations\u003cbr\u003e \tAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePrologue:\u003c\/strong\u003e A Typical Love Scene\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e Four Faces of New Hollywood\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e Resisting Abstraction\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e Rooting In and Lighting Out: New Hollywood and Genre\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e Regional Frames\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e  Conditions, Technologies and Presence\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eConclusion: \u003c\/strong\u003eComing to Terms with Mr. Meek\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tBibliography\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042750267735,"sku":"9781800737235","price":15.15,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/transactions-with-the-world-ecocriticism-and-the-environmental-sensibility-of-new-hollywood-9781800737235","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}