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Reel Nature: America's Romance with Wildlife on Film(Weyerhaeuser Environmental ClassicsWeyerhaeuser Environmental ClassicsWeyerhaeuser Environmental ClassicsWeyerhaeuser Environmental ClassicsWeyerhae)

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Winner of the History of Science Society's Watson Davis and Helen Miles Davis Prize in the History of Science. From the early exploits of Teddy Roosevelt in Africa to blockbuster films such as March of the Penguins, Gregg Mitman's Reel Nature reveals how changing values, scientific developments, and new technologies have come to shape American encounters with wildlife on and off the big screen. Whether crafted to elicit thrills or to educate audiences about the real-life drama of threatened wildlife, nature films then and now have had an enormous impact on how Americans see, think about, consume, and struggle to protect animals across the globe. For more information about the author go to: http://gmitman.com/

Table of Contents:
Prologue 1 / Hunting with the Camera 2 / Science versus Showmanship on the Silent Screen 3 / Zooming In on Animals' Private Lives 4 / Wildlife Conservation through a Wide-Angle Lens 5 / Disney's True-Life Adventures 6 / Domesticating Nature on the Television Set 7 / A Ringside Seat in the Making of a Pet Star 8 / Global Visions, Tourist Dreams Epilogue Notes Credits Index

About the Author :
Gregg Mitman is William Coleman Professor of the History of Science and Interim Director of the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Review :
"How the wildlife documentary got from Roosevelt to Disneyworld is a story of charlatans, hucksters, crooks, imaginative cameramen, brilliant zoology and shameless appeal to the sex and violence of life as cinema audiences have grown to expect it to be. Mitman ... tells the American version of this lurid celluloid safari." Tim Radford, The Guardian "American wildlife film-makers ... abandoned truth in favor of more alluring lode stars. Reel Nature is an admirable history of why they did so . .. . Very well told." Stephen Mills, Times Literary Supplement "While nature films have had a positive impact on our understanding of nature, the whole truth about our place in the web of life has been left on the cutting-room floor." Booklist "A wonderful book that takes the reader into the worlds of dog and dolphin TV stars, on-screen wildlife conservation, and popular nature films. Readers will never see their animal familiars in the same way again." Donna Haraway, University of California,Santa Cruz


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780295988863
  • Publisher: University of Washington Press
  • Publisher Imprint: University of Washington Press
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 320
  • Series Title: Weyerhaeuser Environmental ClassicsWeyerhaeuser Environmental ClassicsWeyerhaeuser Environmental ClassicsWeyerhaeuser Environmental ClassicsWeyerhae
  • Weight: 499 gr
  • ISBN-10: 029598886X
  • Publisher Date: 26 May 2009
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Series Title: Weyerhaeuser Environmental ClassicsWeyerhaeuser Environmental ClassicsWeyerhaeuser Environmental ClassicsWeyerhaeuser Environmental ClassicsWeyerhae
  • Sub Title: America's Romance with Wildlife on Film
  • Width: 152 mm


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