Film Ecology

Defending the Biosphere - Doughnut Economics and Film Theory and Practice

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by Susan Hayward

Type

Essays

Subject

Theory

Keywords

theory, ecology

Publishing date

2021

Publisher

Routledge

Collection

Routledge Focus on Film Studies

1st publishing

2020

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Paperback • 124 pages
6 ¼ x 9 ½ inches (16 x 24 cm)

ISBN

978-1-032-17297-2

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Book Presentation:

Using the Regenerative economic model – also known as Doughnut Economics – Susan Hayward offers a thought-provoking sketch for a renewed, tentatively revolutionary approach to both film theory and film practice.

This book attempts to answer the questions posed by T.J. Demos (in Against the Anthropocene, 2017): how do we find a way to address planetary harm and the issues it raises within the field of Film Studies? How do we construct a theoretical model that allows us to visualize the ecological transgressions brought about by the growth-model of capitalism which is heavily endorsed by mainstream narrative cinema? By turning to the model set out in Kate Raworth’s book Doughnut Economics (2017) and adapting its fundamental principles to a study of narrative cinema, Film Ecology proposes to show how, by using this model, we can usefully plot and investigate films according to criteria that are not genre/star/auteur-led, nor indeed embedded in anthropocentric theoretical models, but principles which are ecologically based. These arguments are brought to life with examples from mainstream narrative films such as The Giant (1956), Mildred Pierce (1945), Erin Brockovich (2000), Wall Street (1987), Hotel Rwanda (2004), and Missing Figures (2016).

This approach will inspire film practitioners, film theorists, critics and analysts, film students and film lovers alike to consider how they might integrate this Doughnut model into their thinking or work as part of their process.

About the Author:
Susan Hayward is Emeritus Professor of Cinema Studies at Exeter University. She is the author of numerous books on French Cinema and Cinema Studies: The Key Concepts (now in its fifth edition).

See the publisher website: Routledge