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Film Theory in Practice Ser.: Eco-Theory and Annihilation by Evan Gottlieb (2025, Trade Paperback)

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Eco-theory and Annihilation is part of the Film Theory in Practice series, which blends the explanation of a film theory with the interpretation of a film and provides discrete examples of how film theory can serve as the basis for textual analysis.

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PublisherBloomsbury Academic & Professional

ISBN-101501376616

ISBN-139781501376610

eBay Product ID (ePID)16065335345

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Number of Pages224 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameEco-Theory and Annihilation

SubjectEcology, Film / History & Criticism, Film / Genres / Science Fiction & Fantasy

Publication Year2025

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaNature, Performing Arts

AuthorEvan Gottlieb

SeriesFilm Theory in Practice Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight8.5 Oz

Item Length7.7 in

Item Width5 in

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Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN2024-035666

Reviews" Eco-Theory and Annihilation provides a masterful, philosophically informed, and up-to-date overview of the expanding field of eco-theory and its major thinkers. In addition, by pairing eco-theory with practical ecocriticism of Garland's film version of VanderMeer's novel Annihilation , it discloses the indispensability of particular contexts of lived experience and practice. Eco-Theory and Annihilation provides us with new ecological thinking needed to cope with life in the Anthropocene and to rethink what it means to be human." -- Monika Kaup, Professor, English, University of Washington, USA "Evan Gottlieb's book takes a deep-time approach to eco-theory in order to draw out, in scene-by-scene, and often shot-by-shot, analyses of the most important implications of Alex Garland's film Annihilation, the willingly unfaithful adaptation of Jeff VanderMeer's novel. Through concepts such as Donna Haraway's making kin, Stacy Alaimo's transcorporeality, and the author's own carbon-heavy masculinity , Garland's film is used to argue for an increased realization of the messy and entangled nature of the world in which humanity finds itself." -- Brian Willems, Associate Professor, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Split, Croatia, Eco-Theory and Annihilation provides a masterful, philosophically informed, and up-to-date overview of the expanding field of eco-theory and its major thinkers. In addition, by pairing eco-theory with practical ecocriticism of Garland's film version of VanderMeer's novel Annihilation , it discloses the indispensability of particular contexts of lived experience and practice. Eco-Theory and Annihilation provides us with new ecological thinking needed to cope with life in the Anthropocene and to rethink what it means to be human., " Eco-Theory and Annihilation provides a masterful, philosophically informed, and up-to-date overview of the expanding field of eco-theory and its major thinkers. In addition, by pairing eco-theory with practical ecocriticism of Garland's film version of VanderMeer's novel Annihilation , it discloses the indispensability of particular contexts of lived experience and practice. Eco-Theory and Annihilation provides us with new ecological thinking needed to cope with life in the Anthropocene and to rethink what it means to be human." -- Monika Kaup, Professor, English, University of Washington, USA

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal791.4372

Table Of ContentAcknowledgements Introduction 1. Eco-Theory 2. Eco-Theory and Annihilation Conclusion Further Reading Index

SynopsisEco-Theory and Annihilation is part of the Film Theory in Practice series, which blends the explanation of a film theory with the interpretation of a film and provides discrete examples of how film theory can serve as the basis for textual analysis. This book offers a concise introduction to eco-theory in jargon-free language and shows how this theory can be deployed to interpret Alex Garland's controversial film adaptation of Jeff VanderMeer's hit novel Annihilation. Covering historical developments in nature philosophy, geology, and cellular biology, as well as contemporary critical methodologies like systems theory and Mew Materialism, Eco-Theory and Annihilation introduces readers to the full extent of eco-theory's lively variations, as well as its complicated generic and mediational relationships to filmic science fiction. This book illuminates the deep history of eco-theory, maps its contemporary coordinates, and demonstrates how it can shed light on Garland's provocative eco-sci-fi thriller., Eco-theory and Annihilation is part of the Film Theory in Practice series, which blends the explanation of a film theory with the interpretation of a film and provides discrete examples of how film theory can serve as the basis for textual analysis. This book offers a concise introduction to eco-theory in jargon-free language and shows how this theory can be deployed to interpret Alex Garland's controversial film adaptation of Jeff VanderMeer's hit novel Annihilation. Eco-theory is one of the most exciting and timely offshoots of contemporary critical theory, but it is too frequently treated as only a recent development. Covering historical developments in nature philosophy, geology, and organic chemistry, as well as contemporary critical methodologies like systems theory and new materialism, Eco-Theory and Annihilation introduces readers to the full extent of eco-theory's lively variations, as well as investigates the complications that arise when those variations are mediated by the generic expectations of filmic science fiction. This book illuminates the deep history of eco-theory, maps its contemporary coordinates, and demonstrates how it can shed light on Garland's provocative eco-sci-fi thriller.

LC Classification NumberPN1997.2.A558G68