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050 00 $aPN1995.9.E78$bP55 2012
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100 1 $aPike, Deidre M.,$d1965-
245 10 $aEnviro-toons :$bgreen themes in animated cinema and television /$cDeidre M. Pike.
260 $aJefferson, N.C. ;$aLondon :$bMcFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,$cc2012.
300 $avii, 203 p. ;$c23 cm.
520 $a"This book takes an ecrocritical approach to analytical readings of animated feature films, short subjects and television shows. Beginning with the "simply subversive" environmental messages in cartoons of the 1920s to including the works of Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki. The appendix provides a list of film and television titles honored with the Environmental Media Award for Animation"--Provided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 187-195) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction: ecocriticism and animation -- Simply subversive-Felix the cat -- Fear and loathing in Bambi -- Hand-drawn Homer, a comic hero in The Simpsons movie -- Futurama's ecofeminist reading room -- Farting hybrids in South Park's rainforest -- Tap dance of the penguins -- Hovering humanity in Wall-E -- Waking up from Avatar -- Deep ecologies of Hayao Miyazaki -- Animation energy.
650 0 $aEnvironmentalism in motion pictures.
650 0 $aHuman ecology in motion pictures
650 0 $aAnimated films$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aEnvironmentalism on television.
650 0 $aHuman ecology on television.
650 0 $aAnimated television programs$xHistory and criticism.