. Eco-impacts and the greening of postmodernity : new maps for communication studies, cultural studies, and sociology/ Tom Jagtenberg and David McKie.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications 2010Description: xxii, 304 pages ; 24 cm. 24 cmISBN:
  • 080397406
  • 9781936343058
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 301.01 MCP 2010
Contents:
1. The Death of Nature? -- 2. Ecological Exclusions: Mapping Disciplinary Change -- 3. Readdressing Postmodernity and the Eco-Post -- 4. Changing Paradigms: The Greening of Social Movements -- 5. Living in the Biosphere: Eco-Selves and Decentered Identities -- 6. Greening Media Studies: Natural Histories and CS (Communication Studies) Theory Zones -- 7. Aligning Media: Debatable Divides and Boundary Crossings -- 8. Contours of Knowledge: Science and the Death of Economics -- 9. Decentering Cartography: Scientific Futuremaps and Ecocultural Projections.
Summary: Eco-Impacts and the Greening of Postmodernity is one of the first books to use communication and cultural studies to reach a deeper understanding of the significance of the ecological issues in our lives. This groundbreaking book contrasts the visible impact of the ecological crises on popular culture with the less discernible academic responses. Eco-Impacts and the Greening of Postmodernity provides a one-of-a-kind analysis of the impacts of the present environmental condition on culture. This volume's focus will be of special interest to students and professionals in cultural studies, popular culture, communication, and environmental studies.
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Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 263-284.

1. The Death of Nature? -- 2. Ecological Exclusions: Mapping Disciplinary Change -- 3. Readdressing Postmodernity and the Eco-Post -- 4. Changing Paradigms: The Greening of Social Movements -- 5. Living in the Biosphere: Eco-Selves and Decentered Identities -- 6. Greening Media Studies: Natural Histories and CS (Communication Studies) Theory Zones -- 7. Aligning Media: Debatable Divides and Boundary Crossings -- 8. Contours of Knowledge: Science and the Death of Economics -- 9. Decentering Cartography: Scientific Futuremaps and Ecocultural Projections.

Eco-Impacts and the Greening of Postmodernity is one of the first books to use communication and cultural studies to reach a deeper understanding of the significance of the ecological issues in our lives. This groundbreaking book contrasts the visible impact of the ecological crises on popular culture with the less discernible academic responses. Eco-Impacts and the Greening of Postmodernity provides a one-of-a-kind analysis of the impacts of the present environmental condition on culture. This volume's focus will be of special interest to students and professionals in cultural studies, popular culture, communication, and environmental studies.

Shahana Mahmuda

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