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Reading contemporary environmental justice : narratives from Kerala / R. Sreejith Varma.
Van Pelt Library PL4718.05 .V37 2024
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Varma, Sreejith, author.
- Series:
- Routledge studies in world literatures and the environment
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Environmental justice in literature.
- Ecocriticism in literature.
- Malayalam prose literature--History and criticism.
- Malayalam prose literature.
- Autobiography--Indian authors.
- Autobiography.
- Malayalam fiction--History and criticism.
- Malayalam fiction.
- Environmental literature--India--Kerala--History and criticism.
- Environmental literature.
- India--Kerala.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 156 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- [S.l.] : ROUTLEDGE, 2023.
- New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2024.
- Summary:
- This volume investigates 11 contemporary environmental justice narratives from Kerala, the south-western state in India. Introducing a detailed review of environmental literature in Malayalam, the selected eco-narratives are presented through two key literary genres: life narratives and novels, conveying the socio-environmental pressures, problems, and anxieties of modern, globalising Kerala. This text also entails primary investigations of toxic fictions' and extractivist fictions,' including Malayalam novels that narrate the disastrous consequences of the permeation of toxic pollutants in human and ecosystemic bodies, and novels that chronicle the impact of exploitative mining activities on the environment. All eco-narratives analysed in the book exhibit the familiar pattern of the Global South environmental narratives, namely, a close imbrication of the ecological and social spheres. Reading Contemporary Environmental Justice argues that these selected eco-texts offer inspiring scenarios where the subaltern people show thantedam, or courage, to claim thante idam, one's own space in society and on the Earth. This volume will be essential for those looking to expand their understanding of environmental justice and the harmful effects of development and modernisation.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 1032293705
- 9781032293707
- 9781032293714
- 1032293713
- OCLC:
- 1354506916
- Publisher Number:
- 99994380697
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