New international voices in ecocriticism / edited by Serpil Oppermann ; foreword by Scott Slovic, afterword by Greta Gaard.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Oppermann, Serpil, editor.

Series:

Ecocritical theory and practice

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ecocriticism.

Physical Description:

ix, 217 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Lexington Books, [2015]

Summary:

New International Voices in Ecocriticism presents a compendium of ecocritical approaches, including ecocritical theory, ecopoetics, ecocritical analyses of literary, cultural, and musical texts (especially those not commonly studied in mainstream ecocriticism), and new critical vistas on human-nonhuman relations, posteolonial subjects, material selves, gender, and queer ecologies. The essays, written by contributors from the United States, Canada, Germany, Turkey, Spain, China, India, and South Africa, cover novels, drama, autobiography, music, and poetry, mixing traditional and popular forms. They affirm the significance and necessity of international perspectives in environmental humanities. Book jacket.

Contents:

I New Ecocritical Trends 25

1 Selves at the Fringes: Expanding Material Ecocriticism / Kyle Bladow Bladow, Kyle 27

2 Global Subcultural Bohemianism: The Prospect of Postlocal Ecocriticism in Tim Winton's Breath / William V. Lombardi Lombardi, William V. 41

3 "What Is It about You... That So Irritates Me?": Northern Exposure's Sustainable Feeling / Sylvan Goldberg Goldberg, Sylvan 55

4 Bang Your Head and Save the Planet: Gothic Ecocriticism / Basak Agin Dönmez Dönmez, Basak Agin 71

II Nature and Human Experience 85

5 Un-natural Ecopoetics: Natural/Cultural Intersections in Poetic Language and Form / Sarah Nolan Nolan, Sarah 87

6 "There's No Place Like 'Home'": Susanna Moodie, Shelter Writing, and Dwelling on the Earth / Elise Mitchell Mitchell, Elise 101

7 Against Ecological Kitsch: Derek Jannan's Prospect Cottage Project / Guangchen Chen Chen, Guangchen 117

8 Neo-Aranyakas: An Enquiry into Mahasweta Devi's Forest Fiction / Anu T. Asokan Asokan, Anu T. 133

9 Ecoerotic Imaginations in Early Modernity and Cavendish's The Convent of Pleasure / Ahdulhamit Arvas Arvas, Ahdulhamit 147

III Human-Nonhuman Relations 159

10 What Are We? The Human Animal in Eugene O'Neill's The Hairy Ape / Christina Caupert Caupert, Christina 161

11 Familiar Animals: The Question of Human-Animal Relationships in Lauren Beukes's Zoo City / Elzette Steenkamp Steenkamp, Elzette 177

12 Dismantling "Conceptual Straitjackets" in Peter Dickinson's Eva / Diana Villanueva Romero Romero, Diana Villanueva 187.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781498501477

1498501478

9781498501484

1498501486

9781498501491

1498501494

OCLC:

883647300