Reading Contemporary Environmental Justice

Narratives from Kerala
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-032-29371-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)

Buch, Englisch, 164 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 231 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in World Literatures and the Environment

This volume investigates 11 contemporary environmental justice narratives from Kerala, the south-western state in India. Introducing a detailed review of environmental literature in Malayalam, the selected eco-narratives are presented through two key literary genres: life narratives and novels, conveying the socio-environmental pressures, problems, and anxieties of modern, globalising Kerala. This text also entails primary investigations of ‘toxic fictions’ and ‘extractivist fictions,’ including Malayalam novels that narrate the disastrous consequences of the permeation of toxic pollutants in human and ecosystemic bodies, and novels that chronicle the impact of exploitative mining activities on the environment. All eco-narratives analysed in the book exhibit the familiar pattern of the Global South environmental narratives, namely, a close imbrication of the ecological and social spheres. Reading Contemporary Environmental Justice argues that these selected eco-texts offer inspiring scenarios where the subaltern people show thantedam, or courage, to claim thante idam, one’s own space in society and on the Earth. This volume will be essential for those looking to expand their understanding of environmental justice and the harmful effects of development and modernisation.

Zielgruppe

Academic, Postgraduate, and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Varma, R Sreejith

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Oiko-autobiographies: Subaltern Environmentalism in the Life Narratives of Four Ecoactivists

Chapter 3: Toxic Fictions: Environmental Toxicity in Three Malayalam Novels

Chapter 4: Extractivist Fictions: Anti-mining Struggles in Three Malayalam Novels

Chapter 5: Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

R. Sreejith Varma earned his PhD from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras in 2018, and also holds an MPhil in Comparative Literature and an MA in English from the University of Hyderabad. He currently works as an assistant professor in the Department of English, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore.