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In and around The Bay: water, fish, infrastructure

O'Brien, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9527-4076 (2018) In and around The Bay: water, fish, infrastructure. Film Studies, 19 (1). pp. 20-33. ISSN 1469-0314

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To link to this item DOI: 10.7227/FS.19.0003

Abstract/Summary

An important theme in current studies of environmental representation is the inadequacy of many narratological and stylistic techniques for registering ecological complexity. This article argues that, in the case of cinema, water constitutes an especially vivid example of an allusive natural subject, and it examines the means by which one film, The Bay (Barry Levinson, 2012), manages to confront that challenge. It pays particular attention to The Bay’s treatment of animal life, and its acknowledgement of water’s infrastructural currency. The article draws on the writings of ecocritical literary theorist Timothy Morton and media historian and theorist John Durham Peters

Item Type:Article
Refereed:Yes
Divisions:Interdisciplinary Research Centres (IDRCs) > Walker Institute
Arts, Humanities and Social Science > School of Arts and Communication Design > Film, Theatre & Television
ID Code:67097
Publisher:Manchester University Press

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