Ghost Fishing - An Eco-Justice Poetry Anthology (Paperback)

Ghost Fishing is the first anthology to focus solely on poetry with an eco-justice bent. A culturally diverse collection entering a field where nature poetry anthologies have historically lacked diversity, this book presents a rich terrain of contemporary environmental poetry with roots in many cultural traditions. Eco-justice poetry is poetry born of deep cultural attachment to the land and poetry born of crisis. Aligned with environmental justice activism and thought, eco-justice poetry defines environment as "the place we work, live, play, and worship." This is a shift from romantic notions of nature as a pristine wilderness outside ourselves toward recognition of the environment as home: a source of life, health, and livelihood. Ghost Fishing is arranged by topic at key intersections between social justice and the environment such as exile, migration, and dispossession; war; food production; human relations to the animal world; natural resources and extraction; environmental disaster; and cultural resilience and resistance. This anthology seeks to expand our consciousness about the interrelated nature of our experiences and act as a starting point for conversation about the current state of our environment.

General

Imprint:	University of Georgia Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	February 2018
Editors:	Melissa Tuckey
Foreword by:	Camille T. Dungy
Contributors:	Zein El-Amine • Sara Gourdazi • Alan King • Pippa Little • Amy Miller • Katy Richey • Francine Rubin • Kevin Simmonds
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 32mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	480
ISBN-13:	978-0-8203-5315-9
Categories:	Books
LSN:	0-8203-5315-9
Barcode:	9780820353159

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