Environmental Crisis in Young Adult Fiction - (Critical Approaches to Children's Literature) by A Curry (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"This pioneering study is the first full-length treatment of feminism and the environment in children's literature. Drawing on the history, philosophy and ethics of ecofeminism, it examines the ways in which post-apocalyptic landscapes in young adult fiction reflect contemporary attitudes towards eco-crisis and human responsibility. Identifying the neoliberal discourses of individualism and self-advancement that 'feminise' categories lying outside the parameters of the adult white male, it explores the ways in which contemporary young adult authors attempt to develop a sustainable ethic of care that can encompass 'feminised' peoples and spatialities, including nonhumans and the environment. With particular reference to the ways in which global processes are mapped onto the local landscape, it advocates a poetics of earth to replace the disengaged planetary consciousness often engendered through crisis. This study lays forth various transformative responses to eco-crisis at a time of escalating global concern over the environment. Discussing a range of contemporary texts and authors, including The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins and Meg Rosoff's How I Live Now, this engaging book offers a significant contribution to children's literature studies."--Publisher's website.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Series Preface Acknowledgements Introduction: Ecofeminism and Environmental Crisis A 'Poetics of Planet': Apocalypse and Our Post-Natural Future Ideologies of Advancement: Writing on the Body Regimes of Gender Difference: An Ecofeminist Ethic of Care Situated Knowledges: Competing Epistemological Frameworks A Poetics of Earth: Ecofeminist Spiritualities Deep Ecology or Ecofeminism: The Embodied, Embedded Hybrid Conclusion Endnotes Bibliography Works Cited Index<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>'The six main chapters chart a winding path that allows Curry's discursive trajectory to constantly dip into and out of her chosen novels at will, thereby casting a critical eye over topics such as climate change, posthumanism, spirituality, social justice, ecophobia, identity politics, globalisation and the neoliberal hegemonic and patriarchal power structures that exist to dominate human beings and the environment alike Curry's approach in this book allows for interesting and individual readings of particular sections in the primary texts she discusses.' - Anthony Pavlik, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden</p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p>ALICE CURRY is an Honorary Associate of Macquarie University in Sydney and the Advisor, Children's Literature to the Commonwealth Education Trust in London. With degrees from Oxford University and Macquarie University, she is the author of several academic articles and the editor of A River of Stories: Tales and Poems from Across the Commonwealth, illustrated by Jan Pienkowski.</p>
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