Reading Contemporary Environmental Justice: Narratives from Kerala - Rilegato

Libro 30 di 37: Routledge Studies in World Literatures and the Environment

Varma, R. Sreejith

 
9781032293707: Reading Contemporary Environmental Justice: Narratives from Kerala
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ISBN 10: 1032293705 ISBN 13: 9781032293707
Casa editrice: Routledge, 2023

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This volume investigates 11 contemporary environmental justice narratives from Kerala, the south-western state in India. Introducing a detailed review of environmental literature in Malayalam, the selected eco-narratives are presented through two key literary genres: life narratives and novels, conveying the socio-environmental pressures, problems, and anxieties of modern, globalising Kerala. This text also entails primary investigations of ‘toxic fictions’ and ‘extractivist fictions,’ including Malayalam novels that narrate the disastrous consequences of the permeation of toxic pollutants in human and ecosystemic bodies, and novels that chronicle the impact of exploitative mining activities on the environment. All eco-narratives analysed in the book exhibit the familiar pattern of the Global South environmental narratives, namely, a close imbrication of the ecological and social spheres. Reading Contemporary Environmental Justice argues that these selected eco-texts offer inspiring scenarios where the subaltern people show thantedam, or courage, to claim thante idam, one’s own space in society and on the Earth. This volume will be essential for those looking to expand their understanding of environmental justice and the harmful effects of development and modernisation.

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Informazioni sull?autore

R. Sreejith Varma earned his PhD from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras in 2018, and also holds an MPhil in Comparative Literature and an MA in English from the University of Hyderabad. He currently works as an assistant professor in the Department of English, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore.

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Editore
Routledge
Data di pubblicazione
2023
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
1032293705
ISBN 13 
9781032293707
Rilegatura
Copertina rigida
Numero edizione
1
Numero di pagine
164
Contatto del produttore
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Persona responsabile
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9781032293714: Reading Contemporary Environmental Justice: Narratives from Kerala

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ISBN 10:  1032293713 ISBN 13:  9781032293714
Casa editrice: Routledge, 2024
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