Movies as Mirrors is a conversation podcast about representation in movies hosted by Benjamin Thevenin, Associate Professor of Media Arts at Brigham Young University. Each episode features a guest who selects a film that reflects a social issue that interests or affects them. On this episode, BYU Professor of Humanities George Handley discusses the 2011 movie The Tree of Life, … [Read more...] about The Tree of Life (2011), Eco-theology & Film: A Conversation with Prof. George Handley
Author Profile: George Handley
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ProfessorBrigham Young UniversityProfessor George Handley teaches environmental humanities at Brigham Young University and writes and researches on the intersection between religion, literature, and the environment, with a special interest in postcolonial literature. His articles have appeared in Callaloo, Modern Fiction Studies, Environmental Humanities, Angelaki, ISLE, Mississippi Quarterly, and other journals. His scholarship has also focused on the environmental values of Mormonism and he frequently speaks publicly in his home state of Utah about environmental values and issues. In addition to his scholarly writing, he writes creatively, and this work includes his environmental memoir, Home Waters, which won the 2011 prize for best memoir from the Association of Mormon Letters and his novel (with Roundfire Books) American Fork, which was a finalist for the best book in fiction in Utah in 2019.