Southeast Asian Ecocriticism (eBook)

Theories, Practices, Prospects

John Charles Ryan (Herausgeber)

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2017
324 Seiten
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4985-4598-3 (ISBN)

Infos

This book offers a timely exploration of the rapidly growing field of ecocriticism and gives prominence to the writers, creators, theorists, traditions, concerns, and landscapes of Southeast Asia. The contributors emphasize the transnational flows between Southeast Asian countries and Australia, England, Taiwan (Formosa), and the United States.

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Southeast Asian Ecocriticism presents a timely exploration of the rapidly expanding field of ecocriticism through its devotion to the writers, creators, theorists, traditions, concerns, and landscapes of Southeast Asian countries. While ecocritics have begun to turn their attention to East and South Asian contexts and, particularly, to Chinese and Indian cultural productions, less emphasis has been placed on the diverse environmental traditions of Southeast Asia. Building on recent scholarship in Asian ecocriticism, the book gives prominence to the range of theoretical models and practical approaches employed by scholars based within, and located outside of, the Southeast region. Consisting of twelve chapters, Southeast Asian Ecocriticism includes contributions on the ecological prose, poetry, cinema, and music of Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam. The authors emphasize the transnational exchanges of materials, technologies, texts, motifs, and ideas between Southeast Asian countries and Australia, England, Taiwan (Formosa), and the United States. From environmental hermeneutics, postcolonial studies, indigenous studies, and ecofeminism to critical plant studies, ecopoetics, and ecopedagogy, the edited collection embodies the dynamic breadth of interdisciplinary environmental scholarship today. Southeast Asian Ecocriticism foregrounds the theories, practices, and prospects of ecocriticism in the region. The volume opens up new directions and reveals fresh possibilities not only for ecocritical scholarship in Southeast Asia but for a comparative environmental criticism that transcends political boundaries and national canons. The volume highlights the important role of literature in heightening awareness of ecological issues at local, regional, and global scales.

Autor

John Charles Ryan is postdoctoral research fellow in the School of Arts at the University of New England in Australia and honorary research fellow in the Department of English and Cultural Studies at the University of Western Australia.

Inhalt

Chapter 1 An Introduction to Southeast Asian EcocriticismJohn Charles RyanChapter 2 Ecocriticism, Hermeneutics, and the Vanishing Elephants of ThailandIgnasi Ribó Chapter 3 Filipino Ecological Imagination: Typhoon Yolanda, Climate Change, and Imperialism in Philippine Poetry and ProseJeffrey Santa AnaChapter 4 Imaging Indigenous Relationships With Nature: The Case of Igorot Music VideosJason Paolo R. TellesChapter 5 Terror, Narrative, and Ecology in Merlinda Bobis’s Novel Fish-Hair Woman Chitra SankaranChapter 6 Environmental Consciousness in the Ecopoetry of Angkarn Chanthatip: A Reading of “Sieng Sontana Jaak Panang Tham” from Hua Jai Hong Tee Ha (The Fifth Chamber of the Heart)Chaiyon TongsukkaengChapter 7 Sense of Place and Nostalgia for Homeland in Rewat Phanphiphat’s PoetryThanya SangkhaphanthanonChapter 8 From Padauk to Hyacinth: Literary Botany, the Agency of Plants, and the Contemporary Poetry of MyanmarJohn Charles RyanChapter 9 Listening to Nature, Rethinking the Past: A Reading of the Representations of Forests and Rivers in Post-war Vietnamese Narratives Tran Ngoc Hieu and Dang Thi Thai HaChapter 10 Sowing Seeds: Phytocriticism and the Botanical Dimensions of Indonesian Literature for Children and Young Adults Richard Li and John Charles RyanChapter 11 Transnational Paradigm: Teaching Leslie Marmon Silko’s Ceremony in Thailand Wasinrat NualsiriChapter 12 Economics, Ecology, and Desire: Delineations of Formosa and Neighboring Southeast Asian Countries in Three Nineteenth-Century Travelers’ Natural Histories Li-Ru LuEpilogue Ziggy Stardust and the Irrawaddy Dolphin: Prospects for a Transboundary Ecocriticism in Southeast AsiaJohn Charles Ryan

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.11.2017
• Reihe/Serie: Ecocritical Theory and Practice
• Co-Autor: Jeffrey Santa Ana, Jason Paolo R. Telles, Chaiyon Tongsukkaeng, Dang Thi Thai Ha, Tran Ngoc Hieu, Richard Li, Li-Ru Lu, Wasinrat Nualsiri, Ignasi Ribo, Thanya Sangkhaphanthanon, Chitra Sankaran
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
• Schlagworte: Animal Studies • ecofeminism • Ecological poetry • Ecopedagogy • Environmental writing • indigenous studies • Indonesian literature • Myanmar literature • Philippines literature • Plant studies • Postcolonialism • Southeast Asian ecocriticism • Thai literature
• ISBN-10: 1-4985-4598-X / 149854598X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4985-4598-3 / 9781498545983