Wendy Wheeler and Hugh Dunkerley (guest editors)
Given the pressing and global ecological concerns of the present time, it
would be surprising if righting the earth had not brought into being new
forms of critical writing. Yet in attempting to address these issues, ecocriticism
has remained relatively marginal in cultural studies. This special issue
of new formations on Earthographies: ecocriticism and culture looks at some
of the possible reasons for its marginalisation, while also bringing together
a selection of essays which demonstrate the range of contemporary ecocritical
thought in challenging a variety of political and theoretical neo-liberal
doctrines. Ecocritical work does not simply focus upon nature (as though
nature and culture, environment and individual could seriously be thought
about separately), but is immersed in both the human and the more-than-human
world.
Contributors:
Ron Broglio, Paul Cobley, Jonathan Coope, Patrick Curry, Hugh Dunkerley,
Terry Gifford, William Gray Michelle Henning, Adrian Ivakhiv, Noel Keough,
John Parham, Dana Phillips, Wendy Wheeler, Cary Wolfe
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image: Cyclones in tandem over Iceland and Scotland, November 2006,
© NASA
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