Hydropoetics - An Ecocritical Perspective on Human-Water Relationships in Eastern European Arts

About the author

Jana Rogoff is an assistant professor at the Department of Film Studies at the Charles University in Prague. She conducts research in theory and history of animation, Eastern European film, film sound, and ecocinema studies. She is a member of the Society for Animation Studies, the scientific network Animation and Contemporary Media Culture and the research group Environmental Humanities Prague.Susanne Frank (Prof. Dr.) leitet das Fachgebiet »Ostslawische Literaturen und Kulturen« an der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.

Summary

Water is our most precious resource and an element of culture historically charged with diverse meanings and values. Through the symbolic realms of literature, film, and visual arts, the contributors to this volume explore how the humanities can contribute to a critical understanding of human-water-power relationships and transform the debates on water dominated by natural sciences and techno-economical concerns. Examining the underrepresented cultural arenas in the socialist spaces of Eastern Europe, they focus on a variety of media and artistic practices. The late socialist era manifests as formative for the environmental discourses tied into local political and social contexts.

Product details

• Assisted by: Susanne Frank (Editor), Jana Rogoff (Editor)
• Publisher: Transcript
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 31.12.2025
• EAN: 9783837673579
• ISBN: 978-3-8376-7357-9
• No. of pages: 300
• Weight: 523 g
• Illustrations: farbige Illustrationen, schwarz-weiss Illustrationen
• Series: Literary Ecologies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Humanities (general); Film, Film, Kino, Medienwissenschaften, Literature, Literary Studies, Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, History: specific events & topics, Cultural Studies, Slavic Studies, Nature, PHILOSOPHY / General, European History, NATURE / Animal Rights, The arts: general issues, HISTORY / General, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, ART / General, ART / History / General, Social interaction, HISTORY / Social History, Philosophy, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century, HISTORY / Europe / Eastern, ART / European, ART / History / Contemporary (1945-), Ecology, History of art / art & design styles, The arts, Social Sciences, Ethics & moral philosophy, Animals & society, History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, Film Theory & Criticism, Philosophy and psychology, Culture and institutions, Factors affecting social behavior, Social processes, Economics of land and energy, History, geography, and auxiliary disciplines, Literature (Belles-lettres) and rhetoric, History, geographic treatment, biography, Public performances, Recreational and performing arts, Other ethical norms, East Indo-European and Celtic literatures, Russia and neighboring east European countries