Fiction and the Sixth Mass Extinction - Narrative in an Era of Loss (Paperback)

Fiction and the Sixth Mass Extinction is one of the first works to focus specifically on fiction's engagements with human driven extinction. Drawing together a diverse group of scholars and approaches, this volume pairs established voices in the field with emerging scholars and traditionally recognized climate fiction ('cli-fi') with texts and media typically not associated with Anthropocene fictions. The result is a volume that both engages with and furthers existing work on Anthropocene fiction as well as laying groundwork for the budding subfield of extinction fiction. This volume takes up the collective insistence on the centrality of story to extinction studies. In various and disparate ways, each chapter engages with the stories we tell about extinction, about the extinction of animal and plant life, and about the extinction of human life itself. Answering the call to action of extinction studies, these chapters explore what kinds of humanity caused this event and what kinds may live through it; what cultural assumptions and values led to this event and which ones could lead out of it; what relationships between human life and this planet allowed the sixth mass extinction and what alternative relationships could be possible.

General

Imprint:	Lexington Books
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Ecocritical Theory and Practice
Release date:	December 2021
Editors:	Jonathan Elmore
Contributors:	Jonathan Elmore • Michael Fuchs • Christy Tidwell • Kristen Figgins • Bridgitte Barclay • Erin DeYoung • Allan Rae • Christina Lord • Jenni G. Halpin
Dimensions:	219 x 154 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	178
ISBN-13:	978-1-79361-921-1
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Conservation of the environment > General
LSN:	1-79361-921-2
Barcode:	9781793619211

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