{"product_id":"9780803239647","title":"That's All Folks?: Ecocritical Readings of American Animated Features","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlthough some credit the environmental movement of the 1970s, with its profound impact on children’s television programs and movies, for paving the way for later eco-films, the history of environmental expression in animated film reaches much further back in American history, as \u003ci\u003eThat’s All Folks?\u003c\/i\u003e makes clear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCountering the view that the contemporary environmental movement—and the cartoons it influenced—came to life in the 1960s, Robin L. Murray and Joseph K. Heumann reveal how environmentalism was already a growing concern in animated films of the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s. From Felix the Cat cartoons to Disney’s beloved \u003ci\u003eBambi\u003c\/i\u003e to Pixar’s \u003ci\u003eWall-E\u003c\/i\u003e and James Cameron’s \u003ci\u003eAvatar\u003c\/i\u003e, this volume shows how animated features with environmental themes are moneymakers on multiple levels—particularly as broad-based family entertainment and conveyors of consumer products. Only Ralph Bakshi’s X-rated \u003ci\u003eFritz the Cat\u003c\/i\u003e and R-rated \u003ci\u003eHeavy Traffic\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCoonskin\u003c\/i\u003e, with their violent, dystopic representation of urban environments, avoid this total immersion in an anti-environmental consumer market.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShowing us enviro-toons in their cultural and historical contexts, this book offers fresh insights into the changing perceptions of the relationship between humans and the environment and a new understanding of environmental and animated cinema.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47067917025520,"sku":"9780803239647","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780803239647","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}