Slime : An Elemental Imaginary / Simon C. Estok.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Estok, Simon C., author.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in environmental humanities

Elements in Environmental Humanities Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ecocriticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (63 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, England : Cambridge University Press, 2024.

Summary:

Slime has always stirred the imagination and evoked strong responses. It is as central to life and growth as to death, degeneration, and rot. Slime heals and cures; it also infects and kills. Slime titillates and terrifies. It fascinates children and is the horror in stories and the disgusting in fridges. Slime is part of good sex. Slime is also worryingly on the rise in the warming oceans. Engaging with slime is becoming more urgent because of its proliferation both in the seas and in our imaginations. Inextricable from racism, homophobia, sexism, and ecophobia, slime is the least theorized element and is indeed traditionally not even included among the elements. Things need to change. Addressing growing climate issues and honestly confronting matters associated with them depend to a very large degree on theorizing and thus understanding how people have thought and continue to think about slime

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 06 Dec 2024).

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781009550710

1009550713

9781009550734

100955073X

9781009550680

1009550683