Grounded vision : new agrarianism and the academy / William H. Major.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Major, William H.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agriculture--Social aspects.

Agriculture.

Agriculture and state.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa, Ala. : University of Alabama Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Issues of ecology-both as they appear in the works of nature writers and in the works of literary writers for whom place and the land are central issues-have long been of interest to literary critics and have given rise over the last two decades to the now-firmly established field of ecocriticism. At the same time, a new group of ecology advocates has emerged since the 1960's: contemporary agrarian writers such as Wendell Berry, Wes Jackson, and Gene Logsdon draw their basic premises from the Nashville Agrarians of the 1920's and 1930's, and focus strictly on the actual intersections

Contents:

New agrarianism: retrospect and prospects

A theory of use: ecocriticism and the new agrarian vision

New agrarianism and postmodernism: a rural perspective

"What are people for?" New agrarianism, work, and pleasure

A theory of resistance: community in agrarian politics

Reconciliation: new agrarianism and ecofeminism.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8173-8544-4

OCLC:

772845333