Patrick Brereton

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Patrick Brereton is an author and academic at Dublin City University. [1] He studies and teaches film, including a particular focus on the treatment of environmental issues.

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References

  1. "Dr Patrick Brereton". Dublin City University. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
  2. Kilpi, Harri (June 2006). "Hollywood Utopia: Ecology in Contemporary American Cinema By Pat Brereton (Review)". Scope (6).
  3. Garforth, Lisa (March 2006). "Book Review: Hollywood Utopia: Ecology in Contemporary American Cinema". Organization & Environment. 19 (1): 136–139. doi:10.1177/1086026605285316.
  4. Butler, Brian E (2007). "Seeing Ecology and Seeing as Ecology: On Brereton's Hollywood Utopia and the Andersons' Moving Image Theory" (PDF). Film-Philosophy. 11 (1): 61–69. doi: 10.3366/film.2007.0004 .
  5. "Historical dictionary of Irish cinema". Reference & Research Book News. 1 November 2007. Archived from the original on 20 November 2018.
  6. "Historical Dictionary of Irish Cinema". Film Ireland. 1 November 2007. Archived from the original on 16 February 2013.