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Apocalyptic California: Gender in Climate Fiction

Autor MaryKate Messimer
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 26 apr 2023
This book explores concepts of environmentalism and feminism in science fiction novels written by women. By extrapolating the future of climate change, the authors of these texts model how readers can apply utopian feminist and environmental theories in their own lives. Chapter One establishes an understanding of ecofeminist environmental thinking through original research conducted at the Ursula K. Le Guin archive at the University of Oregon. Chapter Two shows an example of climate change dystopia set in California in Claire Vaye Watkins’ novel Gold Fame Citrus. The final chapters explore utopian visions of queer ecologies in books by Octavia Butler and N.K. Jemisin. Because climate change is so difficult for individuals to grapple with, a new perspective is needed to survive it. The queer ecological philosophy in these novels points to a way of life that can reduce environmental harm in an era of climate change. 
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9783031299193
ISBN-10: 3031299191
Pagini: 118
Ilustrații: V, 118 p.
Dimensiuni: 148 x 210 mm
Greutate: 0.3 kg
Ediția:1st ed. 2023
Editura: Springer Nature Switzerland
Colecția Palgrave Macmillan
Locul publicării:Cham, Switzerland

Cuprins

Chapter One: Introduction.- Chapter Two: Indigenous Influences on Early Ecofeminist Utopias.- Chapter Three: Cruel Optimism in the Slow Violence of Apocalypse.- Chapter Four: Hyperobjects and Hyperempathy in Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower.- Chapter Five: Embodying the Land in N.K. Jemisin’s The Fifth Season

Notă biografică

MaryKate Messimer holds a PhD in English from the University of Arkansas and maintains an academic interest in environmentalism and queer theory. She lives in San Antonio, Texas, and promotes community engagement and empathy in her students and in her personal life. 

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Points to a way of reducing environmental harm in an era of climate change Explores the connections between science fiction, climate change, and California Studies ecofeminist environmental thought and queer ecologies