Anthroposcreens: Mediating the Climate Unconscious

Anthroposcreens mobilizes the climate unconscious as a reading strategy for film and television productions during the Anthropocene, focusing on the affects of climate change and environmental damage. It provides readings of the underlying environmental themes in Black American and Norwegian screen texts, offering a counterpoint to the dominance of white Anglo-American stories in cli-fi and demonstrating how the climate unconscious lens functions in a broader set of texts.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 75 pages
Publication date: 30 June 2023
Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Anthroposcreens presents a novel approach to understanding the climate unconscious within the context of film and television productions during the Anthropocene era. By highlighting the profound impacts of climate change and the broader ecological damage caused by human activities, this study employs a multidisciplinary framework that incorporates insights from cultural and film studies, including discussions on Black representation. Through a comprehensive analysis of Black American and Norwegian screen texts, Anthroposcreens seeks to unravel the underlying environmental themes that permeate these narratives. By offering a counterbalance to the prevalent dominance of white Anglo-American stories in the cli-fi genre, these works also extend beyond the confines of cli-fi to demonstrate the broader applicability of the climate unconscious lens across a diverse range of texts. This interdisciplinary approach is facilitated by the collaboration of experts from film studies, cultural studies, Black studies, and the environmental humanities, resulting in a comprehensive reading strategy that sheds light on the climate unconscious in contemporary media. Moreover, this title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core, ensuring widespread accessibility and engagement with this important research.

Weight: 146g
Dimension: 152 x 229 x 8 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781009317672