Exterranean: Extraction in the Humanist Anthropocene

Exterranean concerns the extraction of stuff from the Earth, a process in which matter goes from being sub- to exterranean. By shifting emphasis from emission to extraction, Usher reorients our perspective away from Earthrise-like globes and shows what is gained by opening the planet to depths within. Both historicist and speculative in approach, Exterranean eschews the self-congratulatory claims of posthumanism and lays the groundwork for a comparative ecocriticism that reaches across periods and languages. congratulatory claims of posthumanism and lays the groundwork for a comparative ecocriticism that reaches across periods and languages.

Author: Phillip John Usher
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Published: 03/05/2019
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.03lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d
ISBN: 9780823284221

Review Citation(s):
Choice 10/01/2019

About the Author
Phillip John Usher is Associate Professor of French and Comparative Literature at New York University.