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This book synthesizes ecofeminist theory, American studies, and
postcolonial theory to interrogate what New Americanist William V.
Spanos articulates as the "errand into the wilderness": the ethic
of Puritanical expansionism at the heart of the U.S. empire that
moved westward under Manifest Destiny to colonize Native Americans,
non-whites, women, and the land. The project explores how the
legacy of the errand has been articulated by women writers, from
the slave narrative to contemporary fiction. Uniting texts across
geographical and temporal boundaries, the book constructs a
theoretical approach for reading and understanding how women
authors craft counter-narratives at the intersection of
metaphorical and literal landscapes of colonization. It focuses on
literature from the United States and the Caribbean, including the
slave narratives by Sojourner Truth, Harriet E. Wilson, and Harriet
Jacobs, and contemporary work by Toni Morrison, Maryse Condé,
Edwidge Danticat, and Native American writer Linda Hogan. It charts
the contrast between America’s earliest idyllic visions and the
subsequent reality: an era of unprecedented violence against women
of color and the environment. This study of many canonical writers
presents an important and illuminating analysis of American
mythologies that continue to impact the cultural landscape today.
It will be a significant discussion text for students, scholars,
and researchers in environmental humanities, ecofeminism, and
postcolonial studies.
Although treated as two distinct schools of thought, ecocriticism
and geocriticism have both placed emphasis on the lived
environment, whether through social or natural spaces. For the
first time, this interdisciplinary collection of essays addresses
the complementary and contested aspects of these approaches to
literature, culture, and society.
Although treated as two distinct schools of thought, ecocriticism
and geocriticism have both placed emphasis on the lived
environment, whether through social or natural spaces. For the
first time, this interdisciplinary collection of essays addresses
the complementary and contested aspects of these approaches to
literature, culture, and society.
This edited collection uses critical theory in order to understand
the rise of the Alt-Right and the election of Donald Trump-and, in
doing so, to assert the necessity and value of various disciplines
within the humanities. While neoliberal mainstream culture has
expressed shock at the seemingly expeditious rise of the Alt-Right
movement and the outcome of the 2016 United States presidential
election, a rich tradition of theory may not only explain the
occurrence of this "phenomenon," but may also chart an alternative
understanding of the movement, revealing the persistence of
right-wing populism throughout the twentieth and twenty-first
centuries. Though the humanities have seen themselves undervalued
and under attack in recent years, the historical and cultural
contextualization of the current moment via theory is a means of
reaffirming the value of the humanities in teaching the
ever-important and multifaceted skill of critical literacy. This
book re-affirms the humanities, particularly the study of
literature, theory, and philosophy, through questions such as how
the humanities can help us understand the here and now.
This edited collection uses critical theory in order to understand
the rise of the Alt-Right and the election of Donald Trump-and, in
doing so, to assert the necessity and value of various disciplines
within the humanities. While neoliberal mainstream culture has
expressed shock at the seemingly expeditious rise of the Alt-Right
movement and the outcome of the 2016 United States presidential
election, a rich tradition of theory may not only explain the
occurrence of this "phenomenon," but may also chart an alternative
understanding of the movement, revealing the persistence of
right-wing populism throughout the twentieth and twenty-first
centuries. Though the humanities have seen themselves undervalued
and under attack in recent years, the historical and cultural
contextualization of the current moment via theory is a means of
reaffirming the value of the humanities in teaching the
ever-important and multifaceted skill of critical literacy. This
book re-affirms the humanities, particularly the study of
literature, theory, and philosophy, through questions such as how
the humanities can help us understand the here and now.
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