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UNINA9910460566803321 |
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Titolo |
Ecocriticism of the global South / / edited by Scott Slovic, Swarnalatha Rangarajan, and Vidya Sarveswaran |
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Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (284 p.) |
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Collana |
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Ecocritical Theory and Practice |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Ecocriticism - Developing countries |
Environmentalism in literature |
Electronic books. |
Developing countries In literature |
Developing countries Environmental conditions |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 The Environmentalism of The Hungry Tide; 2 "The Land Was Wounded": War Ecologies, Commodity Frontiers, and Sri Lankan Literature; 3 Scenes from the Global South in China: Zheng Xiaoqiong's Poetic Agency for Labor and Environmental Justice; 4 Literary Isomorphism and the Malayan and Caribbean Archipelagos; 5 Wai tangi, Waters of Grief, wai ora, Waters of Life: Rivers, Reports, and Reconciliation in Aotearoa New Zealand; 6 Fish, Coconuts, and Ocean People: Nuclear Violations of Oceania's "Earthly Design" |
13 Ecocriticism, Globalized Cities, and African Narrative, with a Focus on K. Sello Duiker's Thirteen Cents14 Environmental and Cultural Entropy in Bozorg Alavi's "Gilemard"; 15 Environmental Consciousness in Contemporary Pakistani Fiction; Index; About the Contributors |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Using the rubric of the "Global South," this volume allows scholars from underrepresented regions to offer commentary on the ecological conditions and environmental cultures in the developing world. |
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