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Postcolonial ecologies :

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0195394429 (cloth : alk. paper)

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0195394437 (pbk. : alk. paper)

(Number (ISBN

9780195394429 (cloth : alk. paper)

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9780195394436 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Title Proper

Postcolonial ecologies :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

literatures of the environment /

First Statement of Responsibility

edited by Elizabeth DeLoughrey and George B. Handley

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xi, 348 pages :

Other Physical Details

illustrations ;

Dimensions

24 cm

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-336) and index

Text of Note

This work is a collection of essays that brings ecocritical studies into a dialogue with postcolonial literature, it offers ways to explore the relationship between humans and nature around the globe, drawing from texts from Africa and the Caribbean, as well as the Pacific Islands and South Asia. Turning to contemporary works by both well- and little-known postcolonial writers, the diverse contributions highlight the literary imagination as crucial to representing what Edouard Glissant calls the "aesthetics of the earth." The essays are organized around a group of thematic concerns that engage culture and cultivation, arboriculture and deforestation, the lives of animals, and the relationship between the military and the tourist industry. With chapters that address works by J.M. Coetzee, Kiran Desai, Derek Walcott, Alejo Carpentier, Zakes Mda, and many others, the book makes a contribution to rethinking the role of the humanities in addressing global environmental issues. It's features include: The overlooked Caribbean, Latin American, African and South Asian scholars and activists who have contributed to global environmentalism and a sense of place in literary production ; Focuses on an eclectic group of writers from across the globe that includes Coetzee, Zakes Mda, and Derek Walcott ; Demonstrates the postcolonial's long-standing concern with environmentalism

Commonwealth literature (English)-- History and criticism

Ecocriticism

Ecology in literature

Human ecology in literature

Postcolonialism in literature

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DeLoughrey, Elizabeth M.,1967-

Handley, George B.,1964-

Date of Transaction

20141129054757.0

Electronic name

[Book]

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