Seeing Green: The Use and Abuse of American Environmental Images
Finis Dunaway
"Over 15 chapters, Dunaway transforms what we know about icons and events. Seeing Green is the first history of ads, films, political posters, and magazine photography in the postwar American environmental movement. From fear of radioactive fallout during the Cold War to anxieties about global warming today, images have helped to produce what Dunaway calls "ecological citizenship," telling us that "we are all to blame." Dunaway heightens our awareness of how depictions of environmental catastrophes are constructed, manipulated, and fought over"--Publisher info.
Award History
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| Award | Year | Result | Category / Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| PROSE Award for Media and Cultural Studies | 2016 | Honorable mention | Official source |
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Environmental imagery in postwar American activism constructs ideas of “ecological citizenship,” shaping blame for environmental harm while helping to produce and contest depictions of catastrophe.
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