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Entanglements, Narratives, and the Environment

Inter-American Perspectives

Edited by Nicole Haring; Roberta Maierhofer and Eva Bauer - Contributions by Georgiana Banita; Ricardo Pagliuso Regatieri; Robert A. Winkler; Réka M. Cristian; Adriana Kiczkowski; Lena Leßlhumer; Nicole Haring; Michael Fuchs; Christian Quendler and Francesca Mallocci

Entanglements, Narratives, and the Environment: Inter-American Perspectives provides an interdisciplinary ecocritical reading of narratives and environmental entanglements from an Inter-American perspective, predominantly providing literary, film, and cultural analysis of texts from the Americas. In light of Amitav Ghosh’s (2016) exploration of “a crisis of the imagination” in the face of climate change and environmental degradation, this book addresses the potential of literature, history, and politics in comprehending the profound dimensions and violence of these challenges. The chapters show, among others, that the Anthropocene demands fresh narratives and theoretical perspectives, particularly within the framework of Inter-American Studies, which can offer a new venue to discuss pressing issues and to provide intersectional and inter-regional considerations. Thus, drawing on Inter-American perspective with its hemispheric perspectives opens the possibilities for an ecocritical reading of the complexities and relationalities of the climate crisis in the humanities as well as the social sciences. As a result, the book includes historical and political analysis, as well as literary, cultural and film analysis of texts from the Americas. The chapters engage in deconstructing popular myths, de-centering Western approaches, and eventually show through these critical engagements how the climate crisis demands multi-dimensional readings.

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Lexington Books
Pages: 182 • Trim: 6¾ x 9½
978-1-66696-827-9 • Hardback • December 2024 • $105.00 • (£81.00)
Subjects: Social Science / Sociology / General, Social Science / Comparative Cultural Studies, Social Science / Activism & Social Justice, Social Science / Ethnic Studies / American / General

Eva Bauer earned her Joint Master’s degree in English and American Studies from the University of Graz (Austria) and the Université Paris Cité (France).

Nicole Haring is senior scientist at the Center for Inter-American Studies at the University of Graz, Austria

Roberta Maierhofer is professor of American studies and director of the Center for Inter-American Studies at the University of Graz, Austria.

Part I: Histories: Indigeneity, Coloniality, and Human Rights

Chapter 1

The Mortality Cost of Carbon Extraction: Oil, Indigenous Lives, and Human Rights in the Americas

Georgiana Banita

Chapter 2

Environmental Coloniality and ‘Regressive’ Neo-Extractivism

Ricardo Pagliuso Regatieri

Part II: Literatures: Multi-Species Stories and Human-Nature Entanglements

Chapter 3

The Weather in Thoreau: Different Dimensions of Climate (Change) in Walden and Beyond

Robert A. Winkler

Chapter 4

Thornton Wilder’s Un-Aristotelian Warning: The Skin of Our Teeth as Climate Play

Réka M. Cristian

Chapter 5

The Environmental Paradox of Robotics. A Reading of Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

Adriana Kiczkowski

Chapter 6

Living in Symbiosis with Nature: Race and the American Landscape as Depicted in Joseph Drew Lanham’s Life Writing The Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man’s Love Affair with Nature (2016)

Lena Leßlhumer

Chapter 7

The Last Generation: Cherríe Moraga’s Prose and Poetry, the Chthulucene, and Intersectional Environmentalism

Nicole Haring

Part III: Films: (In)Justices and Hope

Chapter 8

The Vertical Dimension of the American West: Mining and the Media Archaeology of Navajo Land

Michael Fuchs and Christian Quendler

Chapter 9

Staying Hopeful with Climate Change: A Documentary Analysis

Francesca Mallocci

"This compelling volume offers a rich array of contributions that vividly demonstrate that “the natural” is inherently political (Winkler). Across its range of insightful analyses covering different genres, regions, periods and theoretical approaches, Entanglements, Narratives, and the Environment: Inter-American Perspectives explores the critical role of narrative and storytelling in shaping contemporary discourses and politics of climate change. Significantly, it moves beyond traditional national frameworks, providing a nuanced understanding of environmental issues across the Americas, and of the intricate expansive entanglements of the local."


— Linda Heß, University of Augsburg, Germany


“Offering a broad range of interdisciplinary perspectives on issues such as climate change, petrocultures, and the Anthropocene, the analyses of Entanglements, Narratives, and the Environment: Inter-American Perspectives present a timely and thought-provoking contribution to ecocriticism and the environmental humanities. An inspiring volume for spotlighting how Inter-American Studies perspectives can help us rethink the local and global socio-politics of environmental crises.”


— Matthias Klestil, University of Klagenfurt


"This collection sheds light on environmental narratives from an Inter-American perspective, which opens up the possibilities to consider the climate crisis in a more relational, entangled, manner. The volume engages with transnational and transdisciplinary approaches drawing on literary and cultural studies, as well as history and political sciences, thus providing an extremely valuable contribution to the existing scholarship on environmental humanities.:


— Rosario Arias, University of Malaga


Entanglements, Narratives, and the Environment

Inter-American Perspectives

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  • Entanglements, Narratives, and the Environment: Inter-American Perspectives provides an interdisciplinary ecocritical reading of narratives and environmental entanglements from an Inter-American perspective, predominantly providing literary, film, and cultural analysis of texts from the Americas. In light of Amitav Ghosh’s (2016) exploration of “a crisis of the imagination” in the face of climate change and environmental degradation, this book addresses the potential of literature, history, and politics in comprehending the profound dimensions and violence of these challenges. The chapters show, among others, that the Anthropocene demands fresh narratives and theoretical perspectives, particularly within the framework of Inter-American Studies, which can offer a new venue to discuss pressing issues and to provide intersectional and inter-regional considerations. Thus, drawing on Inter-American perspective with its hemispheric perspectives opens the possibilities for an ecocritical reading of the complexities and relationalities of the climate crisis in the humanities as well as the social sciences. As a result, the book includes historical and political analysis, as well as literary, cultural and film analysis of texts from the Americas. The chapters engage in deconstructing popular myths, de-centering Western approaches, and eventually show through these critical engagements how the climate crisis demands multi-dimensional readings.

Details
Details
  • Lexington Books
    Pages: 182 • Trim: 6¾ x 9½
    978-1-66696-827-9 • Hardback • December 2024 • $105.00 • (£81.00)
    Subjects: Social Science / Sociology / General, Social Science / Comparative Cultural Studies, Social Science / Activism & Social Justice, Social Science / Ethnic Studies / American / General
Author
Author
  • Eva Bauer earned her Joint Master’s degree in English and American Studies from the University of Graz (Austria) and the Université Paris Cité (France).

    Nicole Haring is senior scientist at the Center for Inter-American Studies at the University of Graz, Austria

    Roberta Maierhofer is professor of American studies and director of the Center for Inter-American Studies at the University of Graz, Austria.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents
  • Part I: Histories: Indigeneity, Coloniality, and Human Rights

    Chapter 1

    The Mortality Cost of Carbon Extraction: Oil, Indigenous Lives, and Human Rights in the Americas

    Georgiana Banita

    Chapter 2

    Environmental Coloniality and ‘Regressive’ Neo-Extractivism

    Ricardo Pagliuso Regatieri

    Part II: Literatures: Multi-Species Stories and Human-Nature Entanglements

    Chapter 3

    The Weather in Thoreau: Different Dimensions of Climate (Change) in Walden and Beyond

    Robert A. Winkler

    Chapter 4

    Thornton Wilder’s Un-Aristotelian Warning: The Skin of Our Teeth as Climate Play

    Réka M. Cristian

    Chapter 5

    The Environmental Paradox of Robotics. A Reading of Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

    Adriana Kiczkowski

    Chapter 6

    Living in Symbiosis with Nature: Race and the American Landscape as Depicted in Joseph Drew Lanham’s Life Writing The Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man’s Love Affair with Nature (2016)

    Lena Leßlhumer

    Chapter 7

    The Last Generation: Cherríe Moraga’s Prose and Poetry, the Chthulucene, and Intersectional Environmentalism

    Nicole Haring

    Part III: Films: (In)Justices and Hope

    Chapter 8

    The Vertical Dimension of the American West: Mining and the Media Archaeology of Navajo Land

    Michael Fuchs and Christian Quendler

    Chapter 9

    Staying Hopeful with Climate Change: A Documentary Analysis

    Francesca Mallocci

Reviews
Reviews
  • "This compelling volume offers a rich array of contributions that vividly demonstrate that “the natural” is inherently political (Winkler). Across its range of insightful analyses covering different genres, regions, periods and theoretical approaches, Entanglements, Narratives, and the Environment: Inter-American Perspectives explores the critical role of narrative and storytelling in shaping contemporary discourses and politics of climate change. Significantly, it moves beyond traditional national frameworks, providing a nuanced understanding of environmental issues across the Americas, and of the intricate expansive entanglements of the local."


    — Linda Heß, University of Augsburg, Germany


    “Offering a broad range of interdisciplinary perspectives on issues such as climate change, petrocultures, and the Anthropocene, the analyses of Entanglements, Narratives, and the Environment: Inter-American Perspectives present a timely and thought-provoking contribution to ecocriticism and the environmental humanities. An inspiring volume for spotlighting how Inter-American Studies perspectives can help us rethink the local and global socio-politics of environmental crises.”


    — Matthias Klestil, University of Klagenfurt


    "This collection sheds light on environmental narratives from an Inter-American perspective, which opens up the possibilities to consider the climate crisis in a more relational, entangled, manner. The volume engages with transnational and transdisciplinary approaches drawing on literary and cultural studies, as well as history and political sciences, thus providing an extremely valuable contribution to the existing scholarship on environmental humanities.:


    — Rosario Arias, University of Malaga


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