Acknowledgements
Preface
Introduction: Melodrama, Realism and Environmental Crisis
I: Wilderness in Hollywood Cinema
1. Discourses of Nature and Environmentalism
2. The Cinematography of Wilderness Landscapes
3. Gender and Encounters with Wilderness
4. Ecological Indians and the Myth of Primal Purity
5. The Politics of the Amazonian Rain Forests
II. Wild Animals in Hollywood Cinema
Introduction
6. North American Anti-Hunting Narratives
7. North American Ocean Fauna
8. Wolves and Bears
9. African Wildlife from Safari to Conservation
III: Development and the Politics of Land Use
Introduction
10. Country and City
11. The Ecology of Automobile Culture
12. The Risks of Nuclear Power
Conclusion
Notes
Filmography
Bibliography
Index