Ecocriticism and indigenous studies : conversations from earth to cosmos / edited by Salma Monani and Joni Adamson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Monani, Salma, editor.

Adamson, Joni, 1958- editor.

Series:

Routledge interdisciplinary perspectives on literature ; 69.

Routledge interdisciplinary perspectives on literature

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental protection and motion pictures.

Indigenous peoples and mass media.

Ecology in motion pictures.

Indians in motion pictures.

Documentary films--History and criticism.

Documentary films.

Performing arts--Environmental aspects.

Performing arts.

Indigenous peoples--Intellectual life.

Indigenous peoples.

Ethnoecology.

Ecocriticism.

Intellectual life.

Physical Description:

xvi, 252 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2017.

Summary:

"This book addresses the intersections between the interdisciplinary realms of Ecocriticism and Indigenous and Native American Studies, and between academic theory and pragmatic eco-activism conducted by multiethnic and indigenous communities. It illuminates the multi-layered, polyvocal ways in which artistic expressions render ecological connections, drawing on scholars working in collaboration with Indigenous artists from all walks of life, including film, literature, performance, and other forms of multimedia to expand existing conversations. Both local and global in its focus, the volume includes essays from multiethnic and Indigenous communities across the world, visiting topics such as Navajo opera, Sami film production history, south Indian tribal documentary, Maori art installations, Native American and First Nations science-fiction literature and film, Amazonian poetry, and many others. Highlighting trans-Indigenous sensibilities that speak to worldwide crises of environmental politics and action against marginalization, the collection alerts readers to movements of community resilience and resistance, cosmological thinking about inter- and intra-generational multi-species relations, and understandings of indigenous aesthetics and material ecologies. It engages with emerging environmental concepts such as multispecies ethnography, cosmopolitics, and trans-indigeneity, as well as with new areas of ecocritical research such as material ecocriticism, biosemiotics, and media studies. In its breadth and scope, this book promises new directions for ecocritical thought and environmental humanities practice, providing thought-provoking insight into what it means to be human in a locally situated, globally networked, and cosmologically complex world" -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: Cosmovisions, Ecocriticism and Indigenous Studies / Joni Adamson and Salma Monani

Resilience. Negotiating the Ontological Gap: Place, Performance, and Media Art Practices in Aotearoa/New Zealand / Janine Randerson and Amanda Yates

Science Fiction, Westerns, and the Vital Cosmo-ethics of The 6th World / Salma Monani

Long Environmentalism: After the Listening Session / Subhankar Banerjee

Grounded in Spiritual Geography: Restoring Naabaahi in Enemy Slayer, a Navajo Oratorio / Laura Tohe

Resistance. Dancing at the End of the World: The Poetics of the Body in Indigenous Protest / Janet Fiskio

New Media, Activism, and Indigenous Environmental Governance: Politics and the Minnesota-Wisconsin / Wolf Hunt, Clint Carroll and Angelica Lawson

Cyclical Conceptualizations of Time: Ecocritical Perspectives on Sami Film Culture / Pietari K??p?

Resistance and Hope in Mohawk Cinema: Iroquois Cosmologies and Histories / Shelley Niro and Salma Monani

Multi-Species Relations. A "Network of Networks": Multispecies Stories and Cosmopolitical Activism in Solar Storms and People of the Feather / Yalan Chang

Tinai-Documentation as Ecocultural Ethnography: My Experience with Mudugar / Rayson Alex

The Tangibility of Maize: Indigenous Literature, Bioart, and Violence in Mexico / Abigail Perez Aguilera

Why Bears, Yakumama (Mother Water), and other Transformational Beings are (Still) Good to Think / Joni Adamson and Juan Carlos Galeano, with Illustrations by Solmi Angarita.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138902978

1138902977

OCLC:

959272221