Black on earth : African American ecoliterary traditions / Kimberly N. Ruffin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ruffin, Kimberly N., 1969-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American literature--African American authors--History and criticism.

American literature.

Ecology in literature.

Nature in literature.

Human ecology in literature.

African Americans in literature.

African American philosophy.

Ecocriticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (231 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Athens : University of Georgia Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Ruffin expands the reach of ecocriticism by analyzing the ecological experiences, conceptions, and desires seen in African American writing. Ruffin examines African American ecological insights from the antebellum era to the twenty-first century, considering WPA slave narratives, neo-slave poetry, novels, essays, and documentary films.

Contents:

Introduction: message of the trees: recognizing ecological burden and beauty

"Toil and soil": authorizing work and enslavement

York, Harriet, and George: writing ecological ancestors

Animal nature: finding ecotheology

Bones and water: telling on myth

"I got the blues" epistemology: thinking a way out of eco-crisis

Conclusion. After levee disaster: learning from a sinned-against city.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612899027

9781282899025

1282899023

9780820337531

0820337536

OCLC:

692328920

Publisher Number:

heb40354 hdl