Myth and environmentalism arts of resilience for a damaged planet / edited by Esther Sánchez-Pardo and María Porras Sánchez.
| Other author | Sánchez-Pardo, Esther. |
| Other author | Porras Sánchez, María. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2023. |
| Description | pages cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Series | Routledge explorations in environmental studies |
| Contents | Introduction: Myth and environmentalism: entanglements, synergies, openings / Esther Sánchez-Pardo -- Myth, disaster and present-day views on ecological damage. The afterlife of Chornobyl: apocalyptic mythology and environmentalism in the exclusion zone / Haley Laurila -- Myths of wilderness and motherhood in postapocalyptic narratives of the Anthropocene / Hope Jennings and Christine Junker -- Indigenous and Afro-diasporic myths and ecological knowledge. Boundless water, boundless ice-arctic cosmological concepts in times of melting horizons / Sonja Ross -- Revisiting the wild: mythology and ecological wisdom in shalan joudry's Waking ground / Leonor María Martínez Serrano -- Myth, Afrodiasporic spirituality, and the oceanic archive in independent comics / Paul Humphrey -- Artistic practices, myth and environmental resilience. "Giant by thine own nature": Jean-Baptiste Débret and Antônio Parreiras's mythic Brazilian land(scape)s through a transatlantic gaze / Esther Lezra and Esther Sánchez-Pardo -- New cosmogonies of waste negotiated in the art of Mohamed Larbi Rahhali / María Porras Sánchez and Lhoussain Simour -- Death is life is death is life: continual regeneration in myth and the art of Maki Ohkojima / Keijiro Suga -- Coda: A radical evocation of seed / Jeanette Hart-Mann. |
| Abstract | "This volume traces the interconnections between myth, environmentalism, narrative, poetry, comics and innovative artistic practice, using this as a framework through which to examine strategies for repairing our unhealthy relationship with the planet. Challenging late capitalist modes encouraging mindless consumption and the degradation of human-nature relations, this collection advocates a re-evaluation of the ethical relation to "living with" and sharing the earth. Myth and the environment have shared a rich common cultural history travelling as far back as the times of storytelling and legend, with the environment often the central theme. Following a robust introduction, the book is organised into three main sections: Myth, Disaster and Present-Day Views on Ecological Damage; Indigenous and Afro-Diasporic Myths and Ecological Knowledge; Art Practices Myth and Environmental Resilience; and concludes with a Coda from Jeanette Hart-Mann. The methodology draws from diverse perspectives, such as ecocriticism, new materialism and Anthropocene studies, offering a truly interdisciplinary discussion that reflects on the dialogue among environment and myth, whilst a broad range of contributions are included from Canada, United States, the Caribbean, Ukraine, Japan, Morocco, and Brazil. This volume will be of interest for students, scholars, activists and experts in environmental humanities, myth and myth criticism, literature and art on more-than human and nature interaction, ecocriticism, environmental activism, and climate change"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2022061437 |
| ISBN | 9781032391359 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 9781032391342 (paperback) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |