Alarmist demography often situates older people as natural
disasters: images of the 'gray flood' and 'silver tsunami' imbue
senescence with the destructive force of climatic proportions. This
Element focuses on the demographic dread arising from the relative
shift in younger and older populations: not of a world lacking
children, but of one catastrophized by the overabundance of the old
and aging. Drawing on examples of science fictional sterility
dystopias, Aging Earth challenges the privilege of youth in
ecocritical thought and practice, especially the heteronormative
urgency to address climate change for the sake of children and
future generations. By decoupling the figurative connection between
futurity and children, senescent environmentalism attunes itself to
the contingency of non-linear and non-teleological futures: drawing
together the delicacy of ecosystems on the brink with the
structural precarity of older people, queers, and people of color.
General
| Imprint: |
Cambridge UniversityPress
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
Elements in Environmental Humanities |
| Release date: |
August 2023 |
| Authors: |
Jacob Jewusiak
|
| Pages: |
75 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-00-931836-5 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
1-00-931836-5 |
| Barcode: |
9781009318365 |
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