Garrard quotes Steve Baker who describes the ‘rhetoric of animality’ (6) that functions in describing human social and political relations. Beginnings: Pollution, 2
‘Never Too Soon, Always Too Late: Reflections on climate temporality’, WiRES Climate Change, October 2019 (Vol.5, no.1), Garrard, Greg. As long as you persist in hyperbole like "It wouldn't surprise me at all if an ecocritical theorist built the first condominium complex in the Grand Canyon," it's almost impossible for me to see any value in engaging carefully with you in reply. ‘Animals’ in Ecocriticism. Positions, 3
Ecocriticism explores the ways in which we imagine and portray the relationship between humans and the environment in all areas of cultural production, from Wordsworth and Thoreau through to Google Earth, J.M. Ecocriticism – Greg Garrard, Associate Professor Sustainability Greg Garrard – Google Books. Garrard, Greg (ed.). Apocalypse 6. He served as Chair of the Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment (UK and Ireland) 2004-2010 and as managing editor, later co-editor, of Green Letters: Studies in Ecocriticism 2008-2015. Ecocriticism is the study of literature and the environment from an interdisciplinary point of view, where literature scholars analyze texts that illustrate environmental concerns and examine the various ways literature treats the subject of nature. -
( Log Out / Garrard also believes that in being more detached from animals we often view them in a purely anthropocentric light, turning them into ‘human puppets’ (5). E. James and E. Morel, Ohio University Press, 2020, 107-126, Garrard, Greg. Garrard, Greg. -
‘Animals’ in Ecocriticism. Greg Garrard's animated and accessible volume traces the development of the movement and explores the concepts which have most occupied ecocritics, including:* pollution* wilderness* apocalypse* dwelling* animals* earth.Featuring an invaluable glossary of terms and suggestions for further reading, this is the first student-friendly introduction to one of the newest and most exciting trends in literary … Beginnings: Pollution 2. -
Routledge & CRC Press eBooks are available through VitalSource. Greg Garrard’s animated and accessible volume traces the development of the movement and explores its key concepts, including: Featuring a newly rewritten chapter on animal studies, and considering queer and postcolonial ecocriticism and the impact of globalisation, this fully updated second edition also presents a glossary of terms and suggestions for further reading in print and online. Beginnings: Pollution, 2
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In this respect, the animal is used for human benefit, rather than for its own personal welfare, and humans are attempting to domesticise an animal, purely for the purpose of their own enjoyment. For example, only this week I discovered that in certain areas of Texas, owning a tiger as a pet was legal. ECOCRITICISM. Students combine traditional classroom discussion of literature with place-based learning, including whale-watching, hiking in the rainforest, and touring Kiixin, an abandoned Huu-Aye-Aht whaling village.