Ecocriticism and the Future of Southern Studies Contributor(s): Vernon, Zackary (Editor), Romine, Scott (Editor), Azzarello, Robert (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 0807171131 ISBN-13: 9780807171134 Publisher: LSU Press OUR PRICE: $47.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2019 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | American - Regional - Literary Criticism | Subjects & Themes - Nature - Nature | Regional |
Dewey: 810.997 |
LCCN: 2019010079 |
Series: Southern Literary Studies |
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 7.6" W x 8.6" (1.30 lbs) 304 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: As the planet faces ever-worsening disruptions to global ecosystems--carbon and chemical emissions, depletions of the ozone layer, the loss of biodiversity, rising sea levels, air toxification, and worsening floods and droughts--scholars across academia must examine the cultural effects of this increasingly postnatural world. That task proves especially vital for southern studies, given how often the U.S. South serves as a site for large-scale damming initiatives like the TVA, disasters on the scale of Hurricane Katrina and the Deepwater Horizon spill, and the extraction of coal, oil, and natural gas. |