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Environmental humanities in folktales : theory and practice
- Title
- Environmental humanities in folktales : theory and practice / P. Mary Vidya Porselvi.
- Author
- Mary Vidya Porselvi, P.
- Publication
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2023.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | GR305 .M3687 2023 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xv, 88 pages; 22 cm
- Summary
- "This work throws light on the areas of space and time, nature and culture, spirit and matter in the folktales that nurture systemic thinking. It identifies and explores motifs and patterns in select folktales that promote interconnectedness, interdependence, holism, synthesis, and circular pattern of life and examines the ecological relevance of folktales in fostering a systematic view of life. The volume discusses why it is important to critically analyse alternative worldviews in order to find holistic solutions to contemporary global ecological issues. It sheds light upon Ecofemiotics as a discipline, a portmanteau of Ecofeminist Semiotics, and through a re-reading of folktales, it puts forward an innovative folktale typology which connects women with environment. The book discusses an ecofemiotics cyclical praxis at three levels, - Promoting theory to practice through the analysis of folktales as Gaia Care Narratives using the Ecofemiotic framework; - Enabling practice to theory, through a classroom experiment, observation, and inference; and - Envisioning theory to practice, through the identification of Gaia Care Principles and its multidisciplinary hands-on scope and function to create avenues towards ecological balance and sustainable living. Inspired by the hearts that tell stories of love, care, nurture, and the Earth, this nuanced work will be of interest to students and researchers of literature and literary theory, sociology, social anthropology, gender studies and women's studies, feminism, development studies, environment, and folklore studies"--
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: Heart, Hearth and Earth -- Akam as an Ecological Philosophy -- Mindscape, Storyscape and Signscape -- Folktales as Gaia Care Narratives -- Storytelling as Eco-Pedagogy -- Multiverse in a Grain.
- ISBN
- 9781032309873
- 1032309873
- 9781032524351
- 1032524359
- 9781003406686 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2022061940
- OCLC
- on1356723292
- SCSB-14560886
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library