{"product_id":"ecocriticism-and-the-future-of-southern-studies-9780807171134","title":"Ecocriticism and the Future of Southern Studies","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs the planet faces ever-worsening disruptions to global ecosystems--carbon and chemical emissions, depletions of the ozone layer, the loss of biodiversity, rising sea levels, air toxification, and worsening floods and droughts--scholars across academia must examine the cultural effects of this increasingly postnatural world. That task proves especially vital for southern studies, given how often the U.S. South serves as a site for large-scale damming initiatives like the TVA, disasters on the scale of Hurricane Katrina and the \u003ci\u003eDeepwater Horizon\u003c\/i\u003e spill, and the extraction of coal, oil, and natural gas. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Ecocriticism and the Future of Southern Studies\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book-length collection of scholarship that applies interdisciplinary environmental humanities research to cultural analyses of the U.S. South. Sixteen essays examine novels, nature writing, films, television, and music that address a broad range of ecological topics related to the region, including climate change, manmade and natural environments, the petroleum industry, food cultures, waterways, natural and human-induced disasters, waste management, and the Anthropocene. Edited by Zackary Vernon, this volume demonstrates how the greening of southern studies, in tandem with the southernization of environmental studies, can catalyze alternative ways of understanding the connections between regional and global cultures and landscapes. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e By addressing ecological issues central to life throughout the South, \u003ci\u003eEcocriticism and the Future of Southern Studies\u003c\/i\u003e considers the confluence between region and environment, while also illustrating the growing need to see environmental issues as matters of social justice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Zackary Vernon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e LSU Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/14\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 7.60w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807171134\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eZackary Vernon\u003c\/b\u003e is assistant professor of English at Appalachian State University and the coeditor of \u003ci\u003eSummoning the Dead: Essays on Ron Rash\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJay Watson \u003c\/b\u003eis the Howry Professor of Faulkner Studies at the University of Mississippi, where he directs the annual Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Conference. He is the author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eReading for the Body: The Recalcitrant Materiality of Southern Fiction, 1893-1985\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"LSU Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40161612005491,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":47.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_01015505-3a22-4460-98be-a30f153aeab3.jpg?v=1654955249","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/ecocriticism-and-the-future-of-southern-studies-9780807171134","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}