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The symbolic earth : discourse and our creation of the environment / editors, James G. Cantrill, Christine L. Oravec.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Environmentalism.
- Environmental policy--United States.
- Environmental policy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (291 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 1996.
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Summary:
- The core dilemma in environmental advocacy may be illustrated by the question, ""When we communicate about the world, should we stress what we know or what we feel?"" The contributors to The Symbolic Earth argue that it is more important to decide how we should talk about what we know and feel. In their view, the environment is larely a product of how we talk about the world. Because the environment is a social construction, the only hope we have of preserving it is to understand and alter the fundamental ways we discuss it.
- Contents:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Part I: The Field and Context of Environmental Discourse; Chapter 1 Tracking the Elusive Jeremiad: The Rhetorical Character of American Environmental Discourse; Chapter 2 Naturalizing Communication and Culture; Chapter 3 To Stand Outside Oneself: The Sublime in the Discourse of Natural Scenery; Chapter 4 Perceiving Environmental Discourse: The Cognitive Playground; Chapter 5 Environmental Advocacy in the Corridors of Government; Chapter 6 Retalking Environmental Discourses from a Feminist Perspective: The Radical Potential of Ecofeminism
- Part II: Case Studies in Environmental Communication Chapter 7 ""What to Do with the Mountain People?"": The Darker Side of the Successful Campaign to Establish the Great Smoky Mountains National Park; Chapter 8 Plastics as a ""Natural Resource"": Perspective by Incongruity for an Industry in Crisis; Chapter 9 Valuation Analysis in Environmental Policy Making: How Economic Models Limit Possibilities for Environmental Advocacy; Chapter 10 Liberal and Pragmatic Trends in the Discourse of Green Consumerism
- Chapter 11 The Mass Media ((Discover"" the Environment: Influences on Environmental Reporting in the First Twenty Years Chapter 12 Media Frames and Environmental Discourse: The Case of ""Focus: Logjam""; List of Contributors; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780813184289
- 0813184282
- 9780813108834
- 0813108837
- 9780813148984
- 0813148987
- OCLC:
- 681492617
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