Environment at the Margins

Informationen zum Autor Byron Caminero-Santangelo is an associate professor of English at the University of Kansas. He is the author of "African Fiction and Joseph Conrad: Reading Postcolonial Intertextuality. " Garth Myers is a professor of geography and African & African-American studies at the University of Kansas. He is the author of "African Cities: Alternative Visions of Urban Theory and Practice!" and coeditor with Martin J. Murray of "Cities in Contemporary Africa. " Klappentext "Environment at the Margins "brings literary and environmental studies into a robust interdisciplinary dialogue! challenging dominant ideas about nature! conservation! and development in Africa and exploring alternative narratives offered by writers and environmental thinkers. Contributors analyze the writing of Nadine Gordimer and J. M. Coetzee and the intersections between literary and policy devices in the works of Ngugi wa Thiong'o! Zakes Mda! Mia Couto! Ben Okri! and Wangari Maathai. Through its cross-disciplinary approach! "Environment at the Margins "moves African ecocriticism beyond the marginalized visions of the imaginary Africa. "Ecocritical studies have long neglected the postcolonial regions of the world, so it's refreshing and timely to see a collection of essays focused entirely on Africa. This collection is the first of its kind and as such is positioned to make a vital intervention in postcolonial, ecocritical, and African studies." - Elizabeth DeLoughrey - author of Postcolonial Ecologies: Literatures of the Environment "A groundbreaking intervention into African, postcolonial, literary, and environmental studies." - Research in African Literatures Zusammenfassung Environment at the Margins brings literary and environmental studies into a robust interdisciplinary dialogue! challenging dominant ideas about nature! conservation! and development in Africa and exploring alternative narratives offered by writers and environmental thinkers. ...

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"Environment at the Margins "brings literary and environmental studies into a robust interdisciplinary dialogue, challenging dominant ideas about nature, conservation, and development in Africa and exploring alternative narratives offered by writers and environmental thinkers. Contributors analyze the writing of Nadine Gordimer and J. M. Coetzee and the intersections between literary and policy devices in the works of Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Zakes Mda, Mia Couto, Ben Okri, and Wangari Maathai. Through its cross-disciplinary approach, "Environment at the Margins "moves African ecocriticism beyond the marginalized visions of the imaginary Africa.


Zusammenfassung
Brings literary and environmental studies into a robust interdisciplinary dialogue, challenging dominant ideas about nature, conservation, and development in Africa and exploring alternative narratives offered by writers and environmental thinkers.

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