Popular entertainment has become concerned with addressing issues of climate catastrophe in order to reflect the real concerns of its audience. Because these media narratives are produced by wealthy institutions that reach millions of people, it is vital to understand what these stories say about the causes of existential crises and their presented solutions. This thesis applies an ecocritical approach informed by environmental justice theorists and Marxist theory in order to analyze what a contemporary popular film, videogame, and novel have to say about addressing an oncoming ecological crisis. This analysis reveals that mass death among the disempowered is considered inevitable in these fantasies, and that only a certain few empowered in...
Apocalyptic themes make up a growing trend in contemporary Western environmental art, especially art...
In this thesis I explore the place of the human in the Anthropocene, and our relationship to the Ear...
This article considers the significance of transnational production, aesthetic, and narrative strate...
This dissertation argues that the genre of apocalyptic narratives can be uniquely read as interrogat...
In the last two decades, superhero films have accounted for some of the most popular and financially...
Playing and games are one part of the folkloristics studies. Commercial video games are not common r...
Today, the world is facing so many serious problems that any one of them could lead humanity down th...
This thesis discusses the connection between humanity and the ecosystem as they relate to modern sci...
Amongst science fiction’s most enduring tropes is the apocalyptic portrayal of the end of civilizati...
By applying theories of rhetorical criticism to the arguments in the viral, and controversial, New Y...
With the intensification of the impact of human activities on the Earth’s systems, humankind has ent...
"The first part of this thesis is a climate change novel called Solastalgia. In 2058, climatologist ...
I created this piece as a response to the growing climate crisis. I used a variety of sources, but m...
Climate change is the consequence of ideologies that promote human reproduction and resource consump...
This dissertation explores the historical roots, construction, and contours of United States climate...
Apocalyptic themes make up a growing trend in contemporary Western environmental art, especially art...
In this thesis I explore the place of the human in the Anthropocene, and our relationship to the Ear...
This article considers the significance of transnational production, aesthetic, and narrative strate...
This dissertation argues that the genre of apocalyptic narratives can be uniquely read as interrogat...
In the last two decades, superhero films have accounted for some of the most popular and financially...
Playing and games are one part of the folkloristics studies. Commercial video games are not common r...
Today, the world is facing so many serious problems that any one of them could lead humanity down th...
This thesis discusses the connection between humanity and the ecosystem as they relate to modern sci...
Amongst science fiction’s most enduring tropes is the apocalyptic portrayal of the end of civilizati...
By applying theories of rhetorical criticism to the arguments in the viral, and controversial, New Y...
With the intensification of the impact of human activities on the Earth’s systems, humankind has ent...
"The first part of this thesis is a climate change novel called Solastalgia. In 2058, climatologist ...
I created this piece as a response to the growing climate crisis. I used a variety of sources, but m...
Climate change is the consequence of ideologies that promote human reproduction and resource consump...
This dissertation explores the historical roots, construction, and contours of United States climate...
Apocalyptic themes make up a growing trend in contemporary Western environmental art, especially art...
In this thesis I explore the place of the human in the Anthropocene, and our relationship to the Ear...
This article considers the significance of transnational production, aesthetic, and narrative strate...