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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791701303321

Autore

Ruffin Kimberly N. <1969->

Titolo

Black on earth [[electronic resource] ] : African American ecoliterary traditions / / Kimberly N. Ruffin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Athens, : University of Georgia Press, 2010

ISBN

1-282-89902-3

9786612899027

0-8203-3753-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (231 p.)

Disciplina

810.9/36

Soggetti

American literature - African American authors - History and criticism

Ecology in literature

Nature in literature

Human ecology in literature

African Americans in literature

African American philosophy

Ecocriticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: message of the trees: recognizing ecological burden and beauty -- "Toil and soil": authorizing work and enslavement -- York, Harriet, and George: writing ecological ancestors -- Animal nature: finding ecotheology -- Bones and water: telling on myth -- "I got the blues" epistemology: thinking a way out of eco-crisis -- Conclusion. After levee disaster: learning from a sinned-against city.