Strange natures : futurity, empathy, and the queer ecological imagination / Nicole Seymour.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Seymour, Nicole.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Homosexuality--Philosophy.

Homosexuality.

Human ecology--Philosophy.

Human ecology.

Human ecology--Study and teaching.

Philosophy of nature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this work, Nicole Seymour investigates the ways in which contemporary queer fictions offer insight on environmental issues through their performance of a specifically queer understanding of nature, the nonhuman, and environmental degradation.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1. Introduction: Locating Queer Ecologies""; ""2. Post-Transsexual Pastoral: Environmental Ethics in the Contemporary Transgender Novel""; ""3. ""It's Just Not Turning Up"": AIDS, Cinematic Vision, and Environmental Justice in Todd Haynes's Sa""; ""4. ""Ranch Stiffs"" and ""Beach Cowboys"" in the Shrinking Public Sphere: Sexual Domestication in Brokeb""; ""5. Attack of the Queer Atomic Mutants: The Ironic Environmentalism of Shelley Jackson's Half Life""

""Conclusion: The Futures of Queer Ecology""""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

9781299483248

1299483240

9780252094873

0252094875

OCLC:

842265888