Desertscapes in the Global South and beyond : Anthropocene naturecultures /
Embracing a rich diversity of voices, this volume seeks to explore the different facets of Anthropocene nature cultures in the desert biomes of the Global South and beyond. Essays in this collection will articulate issues of desertification, indigeneity and reinhabitation in narratives that thread t...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Routledge,
[2024].
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| Series: | Routledge studies in world literatures and the environment.
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| Summary: | Embracing a rich diversity of voices, this volume seeks to explore the different facets of Anthropocene nature cultures in the desert biomes of the Global South and beyond. Essays in this collection will articulate issues of desertification, indigeneity and reinhabitation in narratives that thread together Tibet, China, Australia, India, South Mexico, South Africa and Brazil in all their richness and complexity. Reimaging the desert figure's rich biodiversity, this book presents new ways to envision the human relationships to natural ecology and mindful accountability, tracing complex narrative connections and challenging hegemonic norms of its role in the co-construction of identity, affect and gender. Essays also aim to engage in an intertextual conversation with colonial genres that influence the popular conception of these spaces, moving beyond the usual tropes to forge a topographically informed desert identity and posit a 'natureculture' ecosystem based on the interpenetration of landscape, culture and history. This volume includes literary exploration of environmental injustices, analyzing motifs of deforestation, land degradation, falling crop production, toxic man-made chemicals and extractivist practices linked to various social and economic stressors and gradients in economic and political power. This diverse volume will provide a significant contribution to desert humanities from the Global South, responding to the pressing problems of the Anthropocene and employing place-based ecocritical frameworks that help us imagine a sustainable way of life. |
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| Physical Description: | xix, 244 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781032249254 1032249250 9781032249278 1032249277 |