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Caribbean Literature and the Environment
. Ed(S): Deloughrey, Elizabeth M.; Gosson, Renee K.; Handley, George B.
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Paperback. Examines the literatures of the Caribbean from an ecocritical perspective in all language areas of the region. This book explores the ways in which the history of transplantation and settlement has provided unique challenges and opportunities for establishing a sense of place and an environmental ethic in the Caribbean. Editor(s): DeLoughrey, Elizabeth M.; Gosson, Renee K.; Handley, George B. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 27. Weight in Grams: 498.
Perhaps there is no other region in the world that has been more radically altered in terms of human and botanic migration, transplantation, and settlement than the Caribbean. Theorists such as Edouard Glissant argue that the dialectic between Caribbean ""nature"" and ""culture,"" engendered by this unique and troubled history, has not heretofore been brought into productive relation. ""Caribbean Literature and the Environment"" redresses this omission by gathering together eighteen essays that consider the relationship between human and natural history. The result is the first volume to examine the literatures of the Caribbean from an ecocritical perspective in all language areas ... Read more
Perhaps there is no other region in the world that has been more radically altered in terms of human and botanic migration, transplantation, and settlement than the Caribbean. Theorists such as Edouard Glissant argue that the dialectic between Caribbean ""nature"" and ""culture,"" engendered by this unique and troubled history, has not heretofore been brought into productive relation. ""Caribbean Literature and the Environment"" redresses this omission by gathering together eighteen essays that consider the relationship between human and natural history. The result is the first volume to examine the literatures of the Caribbean from an ecocritical perspective in all language areas ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Charlottesville, United States
ISBN
9780813923727
SKU
V9780813923727
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99-1
About . Ed(S): Deloughrey, Elizabeth M.; Gosson, Renee K.; Handley, George B.
Elizabeth M. DeLoughrey is Assistant Professor of English at Cornell University. Renee K. Gosson is Assistant Professor of French and Francophone Studies at Bucknell University. George B. Handley is Associate Professor of the Humanities at Brigham Young University and author of Postslavery Literatures in the Americas: Family Portraits in Black and White (Virginia).
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