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Filming imagined and real catastrophe: environmental trauma and natural disasters

Brereton, Pat ORCID: 0000-0003-1681-7202 (2019) Filming imagined and real catastrophe: environmental trauma and natural disasters. Journal of Science and Popular Culture, 2 (2). pp. 157-170. ISSN 2059-9072

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Abstract

This article sets out to illustrate the power of fictional film to present cautionary tales around climate change. Three commercially and critically acclaimed films are randomly selected from the same period across what can roughly be categorized as mainstream and independent sectors of Hollywood production. Their reception together with their authorial intentionality is examined to help tease out some of the unique environmental affordances presented by such texts. Close textual readings are carried out to help point towards their emotional and ecological preoccupation with loss and trauma, which reflect ongoing global tensions around humans’ undeniable role and responsibility in the struggle to actively address climate change concerns.

Item Type:Article (Published)
Refereed:Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords:Jungian psychology; auteur; bereavement; climate change; eco-cinema; everything-is-connected
Subjects:Humanities > Film studies
DCU Faculties and Centres:DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Science > School of Communications
Publisher:Intellect
Official URL:http://dx.doi.org/10.1386/jspc_00005_1
Copyright Information:© 2019 Intellect
Use License:This item is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. View License
ID Code:23813
Deposited On:09 Oct 2019 13:24 by Thomas Murtagh . Last Modified 05 Oct 2022 14:04

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