Nerd ecology : defending the earth with unpopular culture / Anthony Lioi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lioi, Anthony (Anthony Francis), author.

Series:

Environmental cultures series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human ecology.

Social ecology.

Popular culture.

Subculture.

Environmental sociology.

Ecology in literature.

Physical Description:

ix, 226 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2016.

Summary:

"Drawing on a wide range of examples from literature, comics, film, television and digital media, "Nerd Ecology" is the first substantial ecocritical study of nerd culture's engagement with environmental issues. Exploring such works as Star Trek, Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, The Matrix, Joss Whedon's Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Firefly, the fiction of Thomas Pynchon, The Hunger Games, and superhero comics such as Green Lantern and X-Men, Anthony Lioi maps out the development of nerd culture and its intersections with the most fundamental ecocritical themes. In this way Lioi finds in the narratives of unpopular culture--narratives in which marginalized individuals and communities unite to save the planet--the building blocks of a new environmental politics in tune with the concerns of contemporary ecocritical theory and practice."--Page 4 of cover.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-216) and index.

ISBN:

1472567633

9781472567635

OCLC:

908262376