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Xerophilia : ecocritical explorations in southwestern literature
- Title
- Xerophilia : ecocritical explorations in southwestern literature / Tom Lynch ; foreword by Scott Slovic.
- Author
- Lynch, Tom.
- Publication
- Lubbock, Tex. : Texas Tech University Press, c2008.
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- Description
- xviii, 264 p. : ill., map; 22 cm.
- Summary
- "Ecocritical study of multicultural literature of the American Southwest, Xerophilia centers on the love of desert places to examine how Southwestern writers contribute to a sustainable bioregional culture. Analyzes a variety of genres in terms of environmental justice theory, phenomenology, border studies, ethnography, entomology, conservation biology, environmental history, and ecoaesthetics"--Provided by publisher.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-251) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: The Southwest : from region to bioregions -- Acequia culture : watershed consciousness and environmental justice in the literature of the upper Rio Grande bioregion -- Border(home)lands : bioregional readings in border literature -- Dignifying the overlooked : invertebrates in southwestern literature -- Re-sensing place : ecological aesthetics, embodied experience, and environmental literature -- Conclusion: Saving Tortugas Arroyo : are words enough?
- Call Number
- JFD 09-131
- ISBN
- 9780896726383 (alk. paper)
- 089672638X (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2008022938
- OCLC
- 230915757
- Author
- Lynch, Tom.
- Title
- Xerophilia : ecocritical explorations in southwestern literature / Tom Lynch ; foreword by Scott Slovic.
- Imprint
- Lubbock, Tex. : Texas Tech University Press, c2008.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-251) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFD 09-131