Imagining Ecocatastrophe: Reading Literary and Cultural Texts in the Global Context (1)

Synopsis

This volume examines scholarly perspectives on eco-imaginaries, focusing in particular on how eco-catastrophes have been represented in literature and different visual forms, including film, television and cartoons, among other cultural media. It draws on literary genres such as science fiction, climate fiction, speculative fiction, petrofiction, post-apocalyptic narratives and nuclear fiction to examine the role that literature plays in the dissemination of information about environmental crisis in the Anthropocene and in preparing mankind for a better and sustainable future. Deeply embedded in theoretical conceptualisations, the essays in this volume address issues of natural disasters, deforestation, nuclear disasters and pandemics, among others, which constitute the core subjects of environmental humanities. A seminal study on the literary and cultural representations of ecodisaster in the global context, and with contributions from across the world, this book, truly interdisciplinary in nature, will be an invaluable read for students, academicians and researchers in literature, film studies, climate change studies, disaster studies, gender studies and cultural studies.

Copyright:

2026

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

306 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781040401347

Related ISBNs:

9781003602750, 9781032724195, 9781040401293

Publisher:

Taylor & Francis

Date of Addition:

08/01/25

Copyrighted By:

selection and editorial matter, Scott Slovic, Joyjit Ghosh and Samit Kumar Maiti

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Outdoors and Nature, Social Studies, Earth Sciences

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This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Scott Slovic

Edited by:

Joyjit Ghosh

Edited by:

Samit Kumar Maiti