Description
Postcolonial Green brings together scholarship bridging ecocriticism and postcolonialism. Since its inception, ecocriticism has been accused of being inattentive to the complexities that colonialism poses for ideas of nature and environmentalism. Postcolonial discourse, on the other hand, has been so immersed in theoretical questions of nationalism and identity that it has been seen as ignoring environmental or ecological concerns. This collection demonstrates that ecocriticism and postcolonialism must be understood as parallel projects if not facets of the very same project a struggle for global justice and sustainability.
The essays in this collection span the globe, and cover such issues as international environmental policy, land and water rights, food production, poverty, women's rights, indigenous activism, and ecotourism. They consider all manner of texts, from oral tradition to literary fiction to web discourse. Contributors bring postcolonial theory to literary traditions, such as that of the United States, not typically seen in this light, and, conversely, bring ecocriticism to literary traditions, such as those of India and China, that have seen little ecological analysis. Postcolonial Green boasts a global geographical breadth, diversity of critical approach, and increasing relevance to the issues we face on a world stage.
About the Author
Bonnie Roos is Assistant Professor of English at West Texas A&M University.
Alex Hunt is Associate Professor of English at West Texas A&M University and editor of The Geographical Imagination of Annie Proulx: Rethinking Regionalism.
Reviews
Postcolonial Green is an ambitious, accessible, and original volume that will help broaden and deepen a rapidly emerging field. The collection is intellectually innovative and admirably worldly." - Rob Nixon, Rachel Carson Professor of English at the University of Wisconsin and author of Slow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor
Book Information
ISBN 9780813930015
Author Bonnie Roos
Format Paperback
Page Count 320
Imprint University of Virginia Press
Publisher University of Virginia Press
Weight(grams) 479g
The essays in this collection span the globe, and cover such issues as international environmental policy, land and water rights, food production, poverty, women's rights, indigenous activism, and ecotourism. They consider all manner of texts, from oral tradition to literary fiction to web discourse. Contributors bring postcolonial theory to literary traditions, such as that of the United States, not typically seen in this light, and, conversely, bring ecocriticism to literary traditions, such as those of India and China, that have seen little ecological analysis. Postcolonial Green boasts a global geographical breadth, diversity of critical approach, and increasing relevance to the issues we face on a world stage.
About the Author
Bonnie Roos is Assistant Professor of English at West Texas A&M University.
Alex Hunt is Associate Professor of English at West Texas A&M University and editor of The Geographical Imagination of Annie Proulx: Rethinking Regionalism.
Reviews
Postcolonial Green is an ambitious, accessible, and original volume that will help broaden and deepen a rapidly emerging field. The collection is intellectually innovative and admirably worldly." - Rob Nixon, Rachel Carson Professor of English at the University of Wisconsin and author of Slow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor
Book Information
ISBN 9780813930015
Author Bonnie Roos
Format Paperback
Page Count 320
Imprint University of Virginia Press
Publisher University of Virginia Press
Weight(grams) 479g
