Policy and practice in rural Tanzania [electronic resource] : grazing, fishing and farming at the local-global interface. Transactions with the world : ecocriticism and the environmental sensibility of new Hollywood / by Adam O'Brien.

Who are the rural people of Africa? What does it mean to be part of a 'rural' community in contemporary Tanzania? And why is it important to debate questions of African rurality beyond the mere GDP contribution of rural land-based production? This book seeks to address questions like these. Rural people(s) in contemporary Africa are often conceived of in terms of how to efficiently integrate them into international markets and global value chains; this book analyses the question of integration of rural people in Tanzania by delving into how they deal with local-global connections and engage wi.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Four faces of new Hollywood -- Resisting abstraction -- Rooting in and lighting out: new Hollywood and genre -- Regional frames -- Conditions, technologies and presence -- Conclusion coming to terms with Mr. eek.

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In their bold experimentation and bracing engagement with culture and politics, the "New Hollywood" films of the late 1960s and early 1970s are justly celebrated contributions to American cinematic history. Relatively unexplored, however, has been the profound environmental sensibility that characterized movies such as The Wild Bunch, Chinatown, and Nashville. This brisk and engaging study explores how many hallmarks of New Hollywood filmmaking, such as the increased reliance on location shooting and the rejection of American self-mythologizing, made the era such a vividly "grounded" cinematic moment. Synthesizing a range of narrative, aesthetic, and ecocritical theories, it offers a genuinely fresh perspective on one of the most studied periods in film history

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