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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Lynch, Tom
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Lubbock, Tex. : Texas Tech University Press, [2008]
Subjects:	Environmental literature > History and criticism. American literature > Southwest, New > History and criticism. Ecocriticism. Human ecology in literature. Environmental protection in literature. Deserts in literature. Southwest, New > In literature.

Table of Contents:

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?