Indigenous Ecocinema

Decolonizing Media Environments

Salma Monani (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

216 Seiten

2024
West Virginia University Press (Verlag)
978-1-959000-33-4 (ISBN)

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Introducing the concepts of d-ecocinema and d-ecocinema criticism, Monani expands the purview of ecocinema studies and not only brings attention to a thriving Indigenous cinema archive but also argues for a methodological approach that ushers Indigenous intellectual voices front and center in how we theorize this archive. Its case-study focus on Canada, particularly the work emanating from the imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival in Toronto—a nationally and internationally recognized hub in Indigenous cinema networks—provides insights into pan-Indigenous and Nation-specific contexts of Indigenous ecocinema.

This absorbing text is the first book-length exploration foregrounding the environmental dimensions of cinema made by Indigenous peoples, including a particularly fascinating discussion on how Indigenous cinema’s ecological entanglements are a crucial and complementary aspect of its agenda of decolonialism.

Salma Monani is Professor at Gettysburg College’s Environmental Studies department. She has extensively published in ecocinema studies, Indigenous ecomedia, and environmental justice. She is co-editor of four ecocritical media anthologies. As part of her College’s Land Acknowledgment Committee, she also engages in public eco-humanities along with community research with Indigenous partners.

List of Figures
List of Tables
Preface
Land Acknowledgments
A Glossary Clarifying the Use of Terms

Introducing D-Ecocinema

Introduction

1. D-ecocinema Criticism: Reclaiming Indigenous Eco-Agency
2. (Re)rooting Indigenous Place: The ImagineNATIVE Film and Media Festival
3. (Re)growing The World: imagineNATIVE as In-Person and Remote Festival
4. Timely Interventions: Indigenous Cinema Time(s)
5. Snipping and Glitching Colonial Time: The Films of Terril Calder and Caroline Monnet
6. Indigenous Affects: Cinematic Humor’s Earthly Embodiments
7. Laughter to Breathe: The Films of Zoe Hopkins and Shelley Niro

Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
Primary Filmography
Artist websites

Erscheinungsdatum	26.11.2024
Reihe/Serie	Salvaging the Anthropocene
Zusatzinfo	13 b&w images, 2 tables
Verlagsort	Morganstown
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	454 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-959000-33-0 / 1959000330
ISBN-13	978-1-959000-33-4 / 9781959000334
Zustand	Neuware