Description
Ecocriticism and the Future of Southern Studies is the first book-length collection of scholarship that applies interdisciplinary environmental humanities research to cultural analyses of the U.S. South. Sixteen essays examine novels, nature writing, films, television, and music that address a broad range of ecological topics related to the region, including climate change, manmade and natural environments, the petroleum industry, food cultures, waterways, natural and human-induced disasters, waste management, and the Anthropocene. Edited by Zackary Vernon, this volume demonstrates how the greening of southern studies, in tandem with the southernization of environmental studies, can catalyze alternative ways of understanding the connections between regional and global cultures and landscapes.
By addressing ecological issues central to life throughout the South, Ecocriticism and the Future of Southern Studies considers the confluence between region and environment, while also illustrating the growing need to see environmental issues as matters of social justice.
About the Author
Zackary Vernon is assistant professor of English at Appalachian State University and the coeditor of Summoning the Dead: Essays on Ron Rash.
Jay Watson is the Howry Professor of Faulkner Studies at the University of Mississippi, where he directs the annual Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Conference. He is the author of several books, including Reading for the Body: The Recalcitrant Materiality of Southern Fiction, 1893-1985.
Book Information
ISBN 9780807171134
Author Zackary Vernon
Format Hardback
Page Count 304
Imprint Louisiana State University Press
Publisher Louisiana State University Press
Weight(grams) 612g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 29mm