Introduction : Melodrama, realism and environmental crisis
Wilderness in Hollywood cinema. Discourses of nature and environmentalism ; The cinematography of wilderness landscapes ; gender and encounters with wilderness ; Ecological Indians and the myth of primal purity ; The politics of the Amazonian rain forest
Wild animals in Hollywood cinema. North American anti-hunting narratives ; North American ocean fauna ; Wolves and bears ; African wildlife from safari to conservation
Development and the politics of land use. Country and city ; The ecology of automobile culture ; The risks of of nuclear power.
