I See You: Interspecies Empathy and 'Avatar'

I explore empathic dimensions of James Cameron’s film Avatar’s central metaphor of seeing others, and the uses of empathy and empathic bonding throughout the film, both between humans and the Na’vi, and between the Na’vi and the animals that inhabit their world. Empathy entails an ability to see and...

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Main Author: Sideris, Lisa H. 1965- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Equinox Publ. 2010
In: Journal for the study of religion, nature and culture
Year: 2010, Volume: 4, Issue: 4, Pages: 457-477
Further subjects:B Avatar (computing)
B Empathy
B hature religions
B environmental studies
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