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  2. The Culture of Nature : North American Landscape From Disney To The Exxon Valdez

The culture of nature : North American landscape from Disney to the Exxon Valdez

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  • Author: Wilson, Alexander
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    Since it was first published in 1991, few books have come close to capturing the depth and breadth of Alexander Wilson's innovative ecocultural compendium The Culture of Nature. His work was one of the first of its kind to investigate the ideology of the environment, to critique the future according to Disney, and illustrate that the ways we think, teach, talk about, and construct the natural world are as important a terrain as the land itself. Extensively illustrated and meticulously researched, this edition is exquisitely revised and reissued for the Anthropocene.

    Contents:
    • Looking at the Non-Human: Nature Movies and TV
    • Technological Utopias: World's Fairs and Theme Parks
    • City and Country
    • From Reserve to Microenvironment: Nature Parks and Zoos
    • On The Frontiers of Capital: Nuclear Plants and Other Environmental Architectures.
    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, Nature and the environment
    Subject(s): Nature
    Original Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Canada , Between the Lines
    Language(s): English
    ISBN:

    9781771134101

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    1771134100

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Abstract

Since it was first published in 1991, few books have come close to capturing the depth and breadth of Alexander Wilson's innovative ecocultural compendium The Culture of Nature. His work was one of the first of its kind to investigate the ideology of the environment, to critique the future according to Disney, and illustrate that the ways we think, teach, talk about, and construct the natural world are as important a terrain as the land itself. Extensively illustrated and meticulously researched, this edition is exquisitely revised and reissued for the Anthropocene.

Genre
Canadian nonfiction
Nature and the environment
Subject
Nature
Publisher (Source)

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Between the Lines

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