Erosion : American environments and the anxiety of disappearance /

"In Erosion, Gina Caison traces how American authors and photographers have grappled with soil erosion as a material reality that shapes narratives of identity, belonging, and environment. Examining canonical American texts and photography including The Grapes of Wrath, Octavia Butler's Pa...

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Main Author: Caison, Gina, 1980- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2024.
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505 0 |a Erosion -- Landslides and Horizons of the West -- Surfaces and Allotments of the Heartland -- Disappearing Grounds and Backgrounds of the Gulf -- Gullies and Removals of the Plantation South -- Littoral Cells and Literal Sells of the Atlantic -- What We Talk about When We Talk about Erosion. 
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