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

• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, , 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xx, 269 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 809/.93355
• Soggetto topico: Ecocriticism; Citizenship - History; Ecology in literature
• Persona (resp. second.): AdamsonJoni <1958->; RuffinKimberly N. <1969->; DeloriaPhilip Joseph
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: American studies, ecocriticism, and citizenship
• ISBN: 1-135-07883-1; 1-283-94169-4; 0-203-06735-5; 1-135-07884-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910786072103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge interdisciplinary perspectives on literature ; ; 15.