Ecocinema

![CDATA[This article introduces recent English scholarship in the expanding field of ecocinema studies. It offers citations to over a hundred major books, chapters and journal articles published on the subject. The first five sections focus on the theory and practice of ecocinema studies. “General Anthologies” introduces edited volumes dedicated to a wide range of thematic issues and theoretical approaches in ecocinema studies. “Theorizing Ecocinema: Ethics, Aesthetics, and Politics” introduces film scholarship that contribute to define, conceptualize, and define “ecocinema” from ethical, aesthetic, and political dimensions. “Eco-Genres: Documentary, Animation, Sci-Fi, and Horror” highlights several genres that are often discussed in ecocritical scholarship. As ecocinema studies are, to a large extent, a study of the interplay among film, ecology, and the human mind, books that focus on human’s affective, cognitive, and emotive responses to ecocinema are also a major aspect in the field’s theorization, as reflected in “Affect, Cognition, Emotions.” “Reading Beyond the Text: From Theory to Practice” goes beyond a textual analysis of films and puts ecological and environmental ideologies into practice by incorporating writings on the ecological footprint of film, environmental film festivals, and audience studies, as well as pedagogical practices in ecocinema. The next sections introduce works that center around five major themes in ecocinema studies. “The Environment: Landscapes and Seascapes” and “Wildlife, Animal Justice, and Human–Animal Relationships” discuss humans’ relationships with the nonhuman world—namely, the (natural and urban) environments—and the nonhuman creatures such as animals and wildlife. The sections on “Food Studies; Weather, Climate Change, and Eco-Disasters”; and “Pollution, Waste, and Toxicity” center on those issues, highlighting the urgency of the worsening environmental issues in the contemporary world. The final sections are structured according to geopolitical territories. In addition to books and articles on “Hollywood and American Independent Cinema” and “European Cinemas”, recent scholarly works that focus on “Asian and the Global Indigenous Cinemas”, particularly films from the Global South, have also been introduced.]]