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The symbolic earth : discourse and our creation of the environment
- Title
- The symbolic earth : discourse and our creation of the environment / James G. Cantrill & Christine L. Oravec, editors.
- Publication
- Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, ©1996.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | GE195 .S97 1996 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 284 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- The core dilemma in environmental advocacy may be illustrated by the question, ""When we communicate about the world, should we stress what we know or what we feel?"" The contributors to The Symbolic Earth argue that it is more important to decide how we should talk about what we know and feel. In their view, the environment is larely a product of how we talk about the world.Because the environment is a social construction, the only hope we have of preserving it is to understand and alter the fundamental ways we discuss it. This collection first examines the ways in which discourse creates env...
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Tracking the elusive jeremiad : the rhetorical character of American environmental discourse / John Opie & Norbert Elliot -- Naturalizing communication and culture / Donal Carbaugh -- To stand outside oneself : the sublime in the discourse of natural scenery / Christine L. Oravec -- Perceiving environmental discourse : the cognitive playground / James G. Cantrill -- Environmental advocacy in the corridors of government / Michael E. Kraft & Diana Wuertz -- Retalking environmental discourses from a feminist perspective : the radical potential of ecofeminism / Connie Bullis -- "What to do with the Mountain People?" : the darker side of the successful campaign to establish the Great Smoky Mountains National Park / Bruce J. Weaver -- Plastics as a "natural resource" : perspective by incongruity for an industry in crisis / Patricia Paystrup -- Valuation analysis in environmental policy making : how economic models limit possibilities for environmental advocacy / Tarla Rai Peterson & Markus J. Peterson -- Liberal and pragmatic trends in the discourse of green consumerism / M. Jimmie Killingsworth & Jacqueline S. Palmer -- The mass media "discover" the environment : influences on environmental reporting in the first twenty years / David B. Sachsman -- Media frames and environmental discourse : the case of "focus logjam" / Harold P. Schlechtweg.
- ISBN
- 0813119731
- 9780813119731
- 0813108837
- 9780813108834
- LCCN
- 96005956
- OCLC
- ocm34243888
- 34243888
- SCSB-14468515
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library