Main entry:

Seymour, Nicole, author. aut

Title & Author:

Bad environmentalism : irony and irreverence in the ecological age / Nicole Seymour.

Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2018]
©2018

Description:

306 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"I'm No Botanist, but.": irony, ecocinema, and the problem of expert knowledge -- "So Much to See, So Little to Learn": perverting nature/wildlife programming -- Climate change is a drag and camping can be campy: on queer environmental performance -- Animatronic Indians and black folk who don't: rewriting racialized environmental affect -- Gas-guzzling, beer-chugging, tree huggers: toward trashy environmentalisms.

Summary:

"Bad Environmentalism examines how contemporary artists identify and respond to the ironies and absurdities surrounding environmental activism with their work in film, reality TV, poetry, fiction, performance art, and standup comedy. Focusing on texts such as the TV show Wildboyz and film series Green Porno, the book shows how such "bad environmentalists" use absurdity, camp, playfulness, and repulsiveness to counter climate skepticism and forces of environmental degradation as well as to question mainstream environmentalism's earnest prescriptiveness. Using affect theory and queer theory as her primary theoretical frameworks, Seymour considers the potentials and pitfalls of bad environmentalism and expands our understandings of environmental art and activism"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9781517903893 (paperback)
1517903890 (paperback)
9781517903886 (hardcover)
1517903882 (hardcover)

Subject:

Environmentalism in art.
Queer theory.
Affect (Psychology)
Environnementalisme dans l'art.
Théorie queer.
ART Criticism & Theory.
Affekt
Aktivismus
Kunst
Ökologie
Queer-Theorie
Umweltschutz
Queer studies.
Environmentalism in mass media.
Environmentalism in motion pictures.
Environmentalism in literature.
Irony.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 302882
Call No.: BIB 249040
Status: Available