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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462795403321

Titolo

American studies, ecocriticism, and citizenship : thinking and acting in the local and global commons / / edited by Joni Adamson and Kimberly N. Ruffin ; with a foreword by Philip J. Deloria

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; London : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-283-94169-4

0-203-06735-5

1-135-07884-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (291 p.)

Collana

Routledge interdisciplinary perspectives on literature ; ; 15

Altri autori (Persone)

AdamsonJoni <1958->

RuffinKimberly N. <1969->

Disciplina

809/.93355

Soggetti

Ecocriticism

Citizenship - History

Ecology in literature

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. I. Interdisciplinary perspectives on citizenship and belonging -- pt. II. Border ecologies -- pt. III. Ecological citizenship in action.

Sommario/riassunto

This collection reclaims public intellectuals and scholars important to the foundational work in American Studies that contributed to emerging conceptions of an ""ecological citizenship"" advocating something other than nationalism or an ""exclusionary ethics of place."" Co-editors Adamson and Ruffin recover underrecognized field genealogies in American Studies (i.e. the work of early scholars whose scope was transnational and whose activism focused on race, class and gender) and ecocriticism (i.e. the work of movement leaders, activists and scholars concerned with environmental justice who