Haunted Nature: Entanglements of the Human and the Nonhuman (1st ed. 2021) (Palgrave Gothic)

By: Sladja Blazan

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Synopsis: This volume is a study of human entanglements with Nature as seen through the mode of haunting. As an interruption of the present by the past, haunting can express contemporary anxieties concerning our involvement in the transformation of natural environments and their ecosystems, and our complicity in their collapse. It can also express a much-needed sense of continuity and relationality. The complexity of the question—who and what gets to be called human with respect to the nonhuman—is reflected in these collected chapters, which, in their analysis of cinematic and literary representations of sentient Nature within the traditional gothic trope of haunting, bring together history, race, postcolonialism, and feminism with ecocriticism and media studies. Given the growing demand for narratives expressing our troubled relationship with Nature, it is imperative to analyze this contested ground.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9783030818692
Related ISBNs:: 9783030818685
Publisher:: Springer International Publishing
Date of Addition:: 02/22/22
Copyrighted By:: The Editor
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Entertainment, Horror, Nonfiction, Science, Art and Architecture, Literature and Fiction, Language Arts, Sociology
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Sladja Blazan