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Informationen zum Autor Amber E. George is assistant professor at Galen College. Amber E. George is assistant professor at Galen College. Sean Parson is assistant professor of politics and international affairs at Northern Arizona University. JL Schatz is director of speech and debate at Binghamton University. Klappentext This collection draws connections between the ways in which animals represented on screen translate into reality. In doing so, it demonstrates that media consumption is not a neutral act but, rather, a political one. The images humans consume have real-world consequences for how animals are treated as actors, as pets, and in nature. Zusammenfassung This collection draws connections between the ways in which animals represented on screen translate into reality. In doing so! it demonstrates that media consumption is not a neutral act but! rather! a political one. The images humans consume have real-world consequences for how animals are treated as actors! as pets! and in nature. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Critical Media Studies and Critical Animal Studies at the Crossroads, Amber George and J.L. Schatz Part I Chapter One: The Brown Wizard's Unexpected Politics: Speciesist Fiction and the Ethics of The Hobbit, J.L. Schatz Chapter Two: The Passing Faerie and the Transforming Raven: Animalized Compulsory Re-covery, Endurance, and Dis/ability in Maleficent, Jennifer Polish Chapter Three: Jabbering Jaws: Reimagining Representations of Sharks Post-Jaws, Matthew Lerberg Chapter Four: Horseplay: Beastly Cinematic Performances in Steven Spielberg's War Horse, Stella Hockenhull Chapter Five: Would Bugs Bunny Have Diabetes?: The Realistic Consequences of Cartoons for Non/Human Animals, Amber E. George Part II Chapter Six: I Am Legend (2007), U.S. Imperialism, and the Liminal Animality of "The Last Man, Carter Soles Chapter Seven: Ape Anxiety: Intelligence, Human Supremacy, and Rise and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Sean Parson Chapter Eight: The Vicious Cycle of Disnification and Audience De ...

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• Con la collaborazione di: Amber E George (Editore), Amber E. George (Editore), George Amber E. (Editore), J L Schatz (Editore), J. L. Schatz (Editore), J.L. Schatz (Editore)
• Editore: Rowman and Littlefield
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 01.07.2016
• EAN: 9781498513746
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-1374-6
• Serie: Critical Animal Studies and Theory; Critical Animal Studies and Theory
• Categorie: Guide e manuali > Natura; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Media, comunicazione > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; Sociology, NATURE / Animal Rights, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, NATURE / Animals / Wildlife, Animals & society, Communication Studies, Wildlife: general interest, Sociology & anthropology, Animal studies;Film;Media studies;Nature;Television