As the planet faces ever-worsening disruptions to global
ecosystems, carbon and chemical emissions, depletions of the ozone
layer, the loss of biodiversity, rising sea levels, air
toxification, and worsening floods and droughts, scholars across
academia must examine the cultural effects of this increasingly
postnatural world. That task proves especially vital for southern
studies, given how often the U.S. South serves as a site for
large-scale damming initiatives like the TVA, disasters on the
scale of Hurricane Katrina and the Deepwater Horizon spill, and the
extraction of coal, oil, and natural gas. Ecocriticism and the
Future of Southern Studies is the first book-length collection of
scholarship that applies interdisciplinary environmental humanities
research to cultural analyses of the U.S. South. Sixteen essays
examine novels, nature writing, films, television, and music that
address a broad range of ecological topics related to the region,
including climate change, manmade and natural environments, the
petroleum industry, food cultures, waterways, natural and
human-induced disasters, waste management, and the Anthropocene.
Edited by Zackary Vernon, this volume demonstrates how the greening
of southern studies, in tandem with the southernization of
environmental studies, can catalyze alternative ways of
understanding the connections between regional and global cultures
and landscapes. By addressing ecological issues central to life
throughout the South, Ecocriticism and the Future of Southern
Studies considers the confluence between region and environment,
while also illustrating the growing need to see environmental
issues as matters of social justice.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
