Magic, Literature and Climate Pedagogy in a Time of Ecological Crisis / Sofia Ahlberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ahlberg, Sofia, author.

Series:

Environmental Cultures.

Environmental Cultures

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (169 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2024.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2024.

System Details:

text file HTML

Summary:

Channeling the creative potential of humanity to transition towards joyous and just futures in times of life-threatening climate change, this book uses metaphors of magic and shapeshifting to imagine liveable futures achievable through other-than-rational means. Focusing on a wide range of 20th and 21st-century novels from a diverse range of writers such as Madeline Miller, Jeff VanderMeer, Ursula LeGuin, N.K. Jemisin, Ambelin Kwaymullina and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, it suggests that readers take seriously the pedagogical potential of magic in literature for the classroom and beyond while providing them with contextualized, collective methods of climate action.

Contents:

Introduction: Reading changes, changing readers 1. Attending to wonder in post-war and contemporary children's books 2. Shapeshifting and transformation in speculative YA novels 3. Feminist witchcraft against techno-oppression 4. The learners of tomorrow Conclusion: A community in orbit - a parable

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781350401174

135040117X

9781350401150

1350401153

9781350401167

1350401161

OCLC:

1435754364