Imaginative Ecologies

Inspiring Change through the Humanities

AvDiana Villanueva-Romero

Inbunden, Engelska, 2021

Del 17 i serien Nature, Culture and Literature

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Beskrivning

Imaginative Ecologies: Inspiring Change through the Humanities highlights the role literature and visual arts play in fostering sustainability. It weaves together contributions by international scholars, practitioners and environmental activists whose insights are brought together to illustrate how creative imaginations can inspire change. One of the most outstanding characteristic of this volume is its interdisciplinarity and its varied methods of inquiry. The field of environmental humanities is discussed together with ideas such as the role of the public intellectual and el buen vivir. Examples of ecofiction from the UK, the US and Spain are analysed while artistic practices aimed at raising awareness of the effects of the Anthropocene are presented as imaginative ways of reacting against climate change and rampant capitalism.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2021-12-09
Mått:155 x 235 x 20 mm
Vikt:528 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Nature, Culture and Literature
Antal sidor:228
Förlag:Brill
ISBN:9789004501263

Utforska kategorier

Konstböcker inom Kultur
Litteraturvetenskap inom Skönlitteratur
Miljövetenskap och miljöpolitik inom Naturvetenskap och teknik

Mer om författaren

Diana Villanueva-Romero is a Lecturer in the English Department of the Universidad de Extremadura (Spain) and a member of the research groups “Lenguas y culturas en la Europa moderna: discurso e identidad” (CILEM; Universidad de Extremadura) and “Grupo de investigación en ecocrítica” (GIECO; Franklin Institute, Universidad de Alcalá).Lorraine Kerslake is a Lecturer in the English Department of the University of Alicante (Spain) and a member of GIECO. She is also a member of the Research Institute for Gender Studies at Alicante University and author of The Voice of Nature in Ted Hughes’s Writing for Children (2018).Carmen Flys-Junquera has recently retired as Senior Lecturer of American Literature and Ecocriticism from the University of Alcalá, Madrid, Spain. She was the founder and now member of the GIECO ecocritical research group and head researcher of the funded grant underlying this publication. She founded and continues as Editor in Chief of Ecozon@. European Journal of Literature, Culture and Environment.

Innehållsförteckning

List of FiguresIntroduction: Imaginative Ecologies: Inspiring Change through the HumanitiesDiana Villanueva-Romero, Lorraine Kerslake and Carmen Flys-JunqueraPART 1: Humanists in Conversation1 Environmental Humanities and the Public IntellectualScott Slovic2 Humanities in Transition in the European ContextInterview with Christof MauchDiana Villanueva-Romero3 “El Buen Vivir” is Harmony with the EarthInterview with Rafael Chanchari PizuriJuan Carlos GaleanoPART 2: Interpreting Eco-Visions4 Environmental Imagination and Wonder in Beatrix PotterLorraine Kerslake5 Foregrounding Ecosystems: Thinking with the Work of Helen Mayer Harrison and Newton HarrisonChris Fremantle and Anne Douglas6 New Worlds Beyond Reality: Imagined Futures in Laura Gallego’sLas hijas de TaraIrene Sanz-Alonso7 Simon Ortiz’s Narrative and Joy Harjo’s Poems: Towards Regenerative Societies and New WorldsImelda Martín-Junquera8 When Mater Takes a PositionPost-Anthropocentric Landscapes in Contemporary ArtBárbara Fluxá Álvarez-MirandaPART 3: Inspiring Change9 Sense of Place as an Enhancer of Empathy and Ecological Consciousness in the Baix LlobregatCarma Casulá10 Building Stories to Change the World: Interview with StarhawkCarmen Flys-Junquera and Beatriz Lindo-Mañas11 Eco-Interactions: Art and CommunityElena Sánchez-Vizcaíno and Lucía Loren AtienzaEpilogue: Chickens like Celebrities: A Short StoryJosé Manuel Marrero-HenríquezIndex