Tag: Hunter Vaughan

April 2, 2020

Continue Your Exploration of New Books in Film Studies with Philip Leventhal

Yesterday, I talked about some new books from our Film and Culture series. I did not want to overwhelm you with too much information, so here are four more books we recently published in film studies that I am also...

December 31, 2019

Eight Books to Help You Understand the Climate Crises and What You Can do to Curtail Future Deterioration

Climate change is a global problem. The increasing temperature, shrinking ice sheets, and surge of extreme weather conditions have damaged Earth—affecting everyone that lives on this planet. Forecasts show that these effects will only get more extreme as time goes...

April 19, 2019

5 Classic Films that Charmed the Industry and Devastated the Environment

“Well-researched and written in an accessible style, it [Hollywood’s Dirtiest Secret] is a thought-provoking alternative history of Hollywood, delving into the disconnect between our enjoyment of screen culture and concern for its environmental impact. It will be of interest to...

April 18, 2019

Book Excerpt! Hollywood’s Dirtiest Secret: The Hidden Environmental Costs of the Movies

“Hollywood’s Dirtiest Secret is an important new book that exposes the hidden environmental costs of how we make, watch, and dispose of movies.” ~ Alison Anderson, author of Media, Environment and the Network Society Our week-long feature on Hollywood’s Dirtiest Secret: The Hidden...

April 17, 2019

Q&A: Hunter Vaughan on Hollywood’s Dirtiest Secret

“In Vaughan’s deft readings of multiple films and their production apparatuses, film theory and analysis also become “updated” into a cutting-edge discipline. Hollywood’s Dirtiest Secret is an essential book in ecocinema and ecomedia studies and an important contribution to ecomaterialism within cultural...

April 15, 2019

A Gilded Hollywood: The Dirty Truth Behind its Silver Screen

“Hunter Vaughan’s forensic accounting uncovers Hollywood’s secretly unpaid debts to the environment, demonstrating ecocriticism’s power to connect political economy to movies’ themes and styles, for analysis and for future makers. More than compelling: entertaining and inspiring.” ~ Sean Cubitt, author...

April 2, 2019

Book Giveaway! Environmental and Climate Studies

April 22 is Earth Day, but here at CUP, we believe that a discussion about the environment and climate change warrants more than one day of conversation. Thus, we’ll be showcasing new and forthcoming titles on the topic all month....

February 12, 2019

New Book Tuesday! Hollywood’s Dirtiest Secret, A Year Without Winter, and more!

Our list of new books is now available! Hollywood’s Dirtiest Secret The Hidden Environmental Costs of the Movies Hunter Vaughan New in Paper! The Politics of Anti-Westernism in Asia Visions of World Order in Pan-Islamic and Pan-Asian Thought Cemil Aydin...