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Record Nr.

UNINA9910148575403321

Titolo

Ecocriticism and indigenous studies : conversations from earth to cosmos / / edited by Joni Adamson and Salma Monani

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; London : , : Routledge, , 2017

ISBN

1-317-44912-6

1-315-69719-X

1-317-44911-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (254 pages) : illustrations, photographs

Collana

Routledge interdisciplinary perspectives on literature ; ; 69

Altri autori (Persone)

AdamsonJoni <1958->

MonaniSalma

Disciplina

809/.9336

809.9336

Soggetti

Environmental protection and motion pictures

Indigenous peoples and mass media

Ecology in motion pictures

Indians in motion pictures

Documentary films - History and criticism

Performing arts - Environmental aspects

Indigenous peoples - Intellectual life

Ethnoecology

Ecocriticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. I. Resilience -- pt. II. Resistance -- pt. III. Multi-Species Relations.

Sommario/riassunto

This book visits the intersections between Ecocriticism and Indigenous and Native American Studies, and between academic theory and pragmatic eco-activism conducted by multiethnic and indigenous communities. It illuminates how artistic expressions render ecological connections, drawing on scholars working with Indigenous artistsin film, literature, performance, and other forms of multimedia. It engages with environmental concepts such as multispecies ethnography, cosmopolitics, and trans-indigeneity, and with new areas of ecocritical



research such as material ecocriticism, biosemiotics, and media studies, offering new directions for ecocritical thought and environmental humanities practice.