ISBN:
9789004335073
Language:
English
Pages:
XI, 309 Seiten
Series Statement:
Studies in environmental humanities Volume 4
Series Statement:
Studies in environmental humanities
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Contesting environmental imaginaries
DDC:
304.2
Keywords:
Geschichte
;
Nature Sources Effect of human beings
;
History
;
Human ecology Sources History
;
Science and the humanities
;
Nature in literature
;
Human ecology in literature
;
Nature in art
;
Human ecology in art
;
Nature (Aesthetics)
;
Environment (Aesthetics)
;
Discourse analysis
;
Umweltbewusstsein
;
Konferenzschrift 2009
;
Quelle
;
Konferenzschrift 2009
;
Quelle
;
Konferenzschrift 2009
;
Umweltbewusstsein
Abstract:
"Contesting Environmental Imaginaries foregrounds a question central to humanistic environmental studies: How is nature to be perceived and understood in a time of global environmental crisis? A challenge was issued to imagine counter natures, past or present, casting nature as a normative concept into productive relief. One ambition was to highlight shifting perspectives on nature and the environment that may help account for the rise of the environmental humanities; another was to invite challenges to orthodoxies, including those that animate this burgeoning field. Contributions emerged from the study areas of Environmental History, Ecocriticism, Cultural Studies, American Studies, Caribbean Studies, Scandinavian Studies, Media Studies, and the History of Ideas. This volume draws together the fruits of this thought experiment"...Provided by publisher
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
