Climate change, literature, and environmental justice : poetics of dissent and repair / Janet Fiskio.
Fiskio, Janet| Call Number | 810.9/3581 |
| Author | Fiskio, Janet, author. |
| Title | Climate change, literature, and environmental justice : poetics of dissent and repair / Janet Fiskio. |
| Physical Description | 1 online resource (xi, 224 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). |
| Notes | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 27 Apr 2021). |
| Contents | Introduction -- "Fear of a black planet" : ecotopia and eugenics in climate narratives -- Ghosts and reparations -- Mapping and memory -- "Bodies tell stories" : mourning and hospitality after Katrina -- Round dance and resistance -- "Slow insurrection" : dissent, collective voice, and social care -- Cannibal spirits and sacred seeds -- Epilogue: "Everyday micro-utopias". |
| Summary | Placing climate change within the long histories of enslavement, settler colonialism, and resistance, Climate Change, Literature, and Environmental Justice: Poetics of Dissent and Repair examines the connections between climate disruption and white supremacy. Drawing on decolonial and reparative theories, Janet Fiskio focuses on expressive cultures and practices, such as dance, protests, and cooking, in conversation with texts by Kazim Ali, Octavia Butler, Louise Erdrich, Winona LaDuke, Mark Nowak, Simon Ortiz, Jesmyn Ward, and Colson Whitehead. Through an exploration of speculative pasts and futures, practices of dissent and mourning, and everyday inhabitation and social care, Climate Change, Literature, and Environmental Justice illuminates the ways that frontline communities resist environmental racism while protecting and repairing the world. |
| Subject | American literature 20th century History and criticism. Politics and literature United States. Social justice in literature. Environmentalism in literature. American literature 21st century History and criticism. Environmental justice in literature. |
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| Summary | Placing climate change within the long histories of enslavement, settler colonialism, and resistance, Climate Change, Literature, and Environmental Justice: Poetics of Dissent and Repair examines the connections between climate disruption and white supremacy. Drawing on decolonial and reparative theories, Janet Fiskio focuses on expressive cultures and practices, such as dance, protests, and cooking, in conversation with texts by Kazim Ali, Octavia Butler, Louise Erdrich, Winona LaDuke, Mark Nowak, Simon Ortiz, Jesmyn Ward, and Colson Whitehead. Through an exploration of speculative pasts and futures, practices of dissent and mourning, and everyday inhabitation and social care, Climate Change, Literature, and Environmental Justice illuminates the ways that frontline communities resist environmental racism while protecting and repairing the world. |
| Notes | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 27 Apr 2021). |
| Contents | Introduction -- "Fear of a black planet" : ecotopia and eugenics in climate narratives -- Ghosts and reparations -- Mapping and memory -- "Bodies tell stories" : mourning and hospitality after Katrina -- Round dance and resistance -- "Slow insurrection" : dissent, collective voice, and social care -- Cannibal spirits and sacred seeds -- Epilogue: "Everyday micro-utopias". |
| Subject | American literature 20th century History and criticism. Politics and literature United States. Social justice in literature. Environmentalism in literature. American literature 21st century History and criticism. Environmental justice in literature. |
| Multimedia |