Description
| Product ID: | 9781138784192 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Postcolonial Ecocriticism |
| Subtitle: | Literature, Animals, Environment |
| Authors: | Author: Graham Huggan, Helen Tiffin |
| Page Count: | 294 |
| Subjects: | Literary theory, Literary theory, Literary studies: postcolonial literature, Environmental science, engineering and technology, Literary studies: post-colonial literature, Environmental science, engineering & technology |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating This second edition of the foundational Postcolonial Ecocriticism has been fully updated to consider developments in both fields, and areas that have grown considerably since its original publication in 2009, such as Animal Studies. This second edition of Postcolonial Ecocriticism, a book foundational for its field, has been updated to consider recent developments in the area such as environmental humanities and animal studies. Graham Huggan and Helen Tiffin examine transverse relations between humans, animals and the environment across a wide range of postcolonial literary texts and also address key issues such as global warming, food security, human over-population in the context of animal extinction, queer ecology, and the connections between postcolonial and disability theory. Considering the postcolonial first from an environmental and then a zoocritical perspective, the book looks at:
With a new preface written specifically for this edition and an annotated list of suggestions for further reading, Postcolonial Ecocriticism offers a comprehensive and fully up-to-date introduction to a rapidly expanding field. |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2015-04-27 |
