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The Anthropocene - Approaches and Contexts for Literature and the Humanities (Paperback)
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The Anthropocene - Approaches and Contexts for Literature and the Humanities (Paperback)
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Perhaps no concept has become dominant in so many fields as rapidly
as the Anthropocene. Meaning "The Age of Humans," the Anthropocene
is the proposed name for our current geological epoch, beginning
when human activities started to have a noticeable impact on
Earth's geology and ecosystems. Long embraced by the natural
sciences, the Anthropocene has now become commonplace in the
humanities and social sciences, where it has taken firm enough hold
to engender a thoroughgoing assessment and critique. Why and how
has the geological concept of the Anthropocene become important to
the humanities? What new approaches and insights do the humanities
offer? What narratives and critiques of the Anthropocene do the
humanities produce? What does it mean to study literature of the
Anthropocene? These are the central questions that this collection
explores. Each chapter takes a decidedly different humanist
approach to the Anthropocene, from environmental humanities to
queer theory to race, illuminating the important contributions of
the humanities to the myriad discourses on the Anthropocene. This
volume is designed to provide concise overviews of particular
approaches and texts, as well as compelling and original
interventions in the study of the Anthropocene. Written in an
accessible style free from disciplinary-specific jargon, many
chapters focus on well-known authors and texts, making this
collection especially useful to teachers developing a course on the
Anthropocene and students undertaking introductory research. This
collection provides truly innovative arguments regarding how and
why the Anthropocene concept is important to literature and the
humanities.
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