Houser Ecosickness in Contemporary U.S. Fiction

Environment and Affect
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-0-231-53736-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 328 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: Literature Now

Heather Houser traces the development of ecosickness, which links ecological and bodily injury, through a compelling archive of contemporary U.S. novels and memoirs, Ecosickness in Contemporary U.S. Fiction shows how narrative affects such as wonder and disgust organize perception of an endangered world and orient us ethically toward it.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Houser, Heather

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur Amerikanische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturtheorie: Poetik und Literaturästhetik
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literatursoziologie, Gender Studies
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Stoffe, Motive und Themen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
1. Ecosickness
2. AIDS Out of the City: Discordant Natures
3. Richard Powers's Strange Wonder
4. Infinite Jest's Environmental Case for Disgust
5. The Anxiety of Intervention in Leslie Marmon Silko and Marge Piercy
Conclusion: How Does It Feel?
Notes
Works Cited
Index

Leseproben

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Über Autor(innen)

Heather Houser is associate professor of English at the University of Texas at Austin.