Xerophilia : ecocritical explorations in southwestern literature /

"Ecocritical study of multicultural literature of the American Southwest, Xerophilia centers on the love of desert places to examine how Southwestern writers contribute to a sustainable bioregional culture. Analyzes a variety of genres in terms of environmental justice theory, phenomenology, bo...

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Main Author: Lynch, Tom
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lubbock, Tex. : Texas Tech University Press, [2008]
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505 0 |a Introduction: The Southwest : from region to bioregions -- Acequia culture : watershed consciousness and environmental justice in the literature of the upper Rio Grande bioregion -- Border(home)lands : bioregional readings in border literature -- Dignifying the overlooked : invertebrates in southwestern literature -- Re-sensing place : ecological aesthetics, embodied experience, and environmental literature -- Conclusion: Saving Tortugas Arroyo : are words enough? 
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650 0 |a Environmental protection in literature. 
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