| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 322 pages) : color illustrations |
| Contents |
Waste reconsidered : Afrofuturism, technologies of the past, and the history of the future -- Spatial networks, toxic ecoscapes, and (in)visible labor -- Ecologies of oil and uranium : extractive energy and the trauma of the future -- Human meets animal, Africa meets diaspora : the conjunctions of Cecil the Lion and Black Lives Matter -- African urban ecologies : transcriptions of precarity, creativity, and futurity -- Epilogue: Toward imperfect media |
| Summary |
"Cajetan Iheka examines the ecological footprint of media in Africa alongside the representation of environmental issues in visual culture, showing how African visual media such as film, photography, and sculpture deliver a unique perspective on the socio-ecological costs of media production."-- Provided by publisher |
| Analysis |
ecological media |
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urban ecology |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record |
| Subject |
Afrofuturism.
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Arts, African.
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Figurative art -- Africa
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Mass media and art -- Africa
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Environmental sciences -- Philosophy.
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Human ecology -- Africa
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Ecology in art.
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Afrofuturist.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies.
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HISTORY / Africa / General.
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Afrofuturism
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Arts, African
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Ecology in art
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Environmental sciences -- Philosophy
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Figurative art
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Human ecology
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Mass media and art
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Africa
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2021000889 |
| ISBN |
1478022043 |
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9781478022046 |
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