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Author
Publisher
Texas Tech University Press
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
"Ecocritical study of multicultural literature of the American Southwest, Xerophilia centers on the love of desert places to examine how Southwestern writers contribute to a sustainable bioregional culture. Analyzes a variety of genres in terms of environmental justice theory, phenomenology, border studies, ehtnography, entomology, conservation biology, environmental history, and ecoaesthetics"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Looks at the challenges faced by Native American writers who confront stereotypical representations as they assert their own ethical relationship with the earth. Lee Schweninger considers a range of genres by Native writers from various parts of the United States. Contextualizing these works within the origins, evolution, and perpetuation of the 'green' labels imposed on American Indians, Schweninger shows how writers often find themselves denying...
Author
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
"This powerful book is one of the first to examine the intersections between literature and the environment from the perspective of the oppressions of race, class, gender, and nature, and the first to review American Indian literature from the standpoint of environmental justice and ecocriticism. By examining such texts as Sherman Alexie's short stories and Leslie Marmon Silko's novel Almanac of the Dead, Adamson contends that these works, in addition...
Series
FILLM studies in languages and literatures volume Volume 15
Publisher
John Benjamins Publishing Company
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
"This original and provocative study tells the story of American literary history from the perspective of its environmental context. Weaving together close readings of early American texts with ecological histories of tobacco, potatoes, apples, and honey bees, Michael Ziser presents a method for literary criticism that explodes the conceptual distinction between the civilized and natural world. Beginning with the English exploration of Virginia in...
Author
Series
Environmental cultures volume 11
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English