Fiskio Climate Change, Literature, and Environmental Justice

Poetics of Dissent and Repair
Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-1-108-89987-1
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch

Placing climate change within the long histories of enslavement, settler colonialism, and resistance, Climate Change, Literature, and Environmental Justice: Poetics of Dissent and Repair examines the connections between climate disruption and white supremacy. Drawing on decolonial and reparative theories, Janet Fiskio focuses on expressive cultures and practices, such as dance, protests, and cooking, in conversation with texts by Kazim Ali, Octavia Butler, Louise Erdrich, Winona LaDuke, Mark Nowak, Simon Ortiz, Jesmyn Ward, and Colson Whitehead. Through an exploration of speculative pasts and futures, practices of dissent and mourning, and everyday inhabitation and social care, Climate Change, Literature, and Environmental Justice illuminates the ways that frontline communities resist environmental racism while protecting and repairing the world.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fiskio, Janet

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturtheorie: Poetik und Literaturästhetik
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Lyrik und Dichter

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction; 2. 'Fear of a Black Planet': Ecotopia and Eugenics in Climate Narratives; 3. Ghosts and Reparations; 4. Mapping and Memory; 5. 'Bodies Tell Stories': Mourning and Hospitality after Katrina; 6. Round Dance and Resistance; 7. 'Slow Insurrection': Dissent, Collective Voice, and Social Care; 8. Cannibal Spirits and Sacred Seeds; 9. Epilogue: 'Everyday Micro-Utopias'.

Über Autor(innen)

Fiskio, Janet
Janet Fiskio is Associate Professor of Environmental Studies and Comparative American Studies at Oberlin College, where she teaches environmental humanities and community engagement. She coordinates a digital archive in collaboration with the community of Africatown, Alabama. Her publications focus on food justice, climate change, social movements, and environmental justice.