Water Stories in the Anthropocene explores how climate change has emerged as a major theme in our daily lives as it poses a myriad of economic, scientific, political and cultural challenges in the age of the Anthropocene.
Water Stories in the Anthropocene explores how climate change has emerged as a major theme in our daily lives as it poses a myriad of economic, scientific, political and cultural challenges in the age of the Anthropocene.
Angelo Monaco, Ph.D. from the University of Pisa (2017), is a Senior Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Bari "Aldo Moro". He is a section editor of the journal Postcolonial Text. He specialises in contemporary South Asian and British literature and his primary lines of research include environmental concerns, trauma studies, globalisation studies and postcolonialism. He is the author of Jhumpa Lahiri. Vulnerabilità e resilienza (ETS, 2019).
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction: Water Stories, the Anthropocene and Climate Change Aquatic culture, blue humanities and climate change What is climate change? What is the Anthropocene? From waves of ecocriticism to the blue humanities Cli-fi: climate change fiction or climate fiction? Book organisation 1. Water Scarcity and Drought Karen Jayes: For the Mercy of Water (2012) Paolo Bacigalupi: The Water Knife (2015) Cynan Jones: Stillicide (2019) 2. Flooding and Deluge Amitav Ghosh: The Hungry Tide (2005) Amitav Ghosh: Gun Island (2019) Sarah Moss: Summerwater (2020) 3. Wetlands Graham Swift: Waterland (1983) Jhumpa Lahiri: The Lowland (2013) Alexis Wright: The Swan Book (2013) 4. Storied Seas Ben Smith's Doggerland (2019) Monique Roffey's Archipelago (2012) Conclusion: The Future of the Blue Humanities
Introduction: Water Stories, the Anthropocene and Climate Change Aquatic culture, blue humanities and climate change What is climate change? What is the Anthropocene? From waves of ecocriticism to the blue humanities Cli-fi: climate change fiction or climate fiction? Book organisation 1. Water Scarcity and Drought Karen Jayes: For the Mercy of Water (2012) Paolo Bacigalupi: The Water Knife (2015) Cynan Jones: Stillicide (2019) 2. Flooding and Deluge Amitav Ghosh: The Hungry Tide (2005) Amitav Ghosh: Gun Island (2019) Sarah Moss: Summerwater (2020) 3. Wetlands Graham Swift: Waterland (1983) Jhumpa Lahiri: The Lowland (2013) Alexis Wright: The Swan Book (2013) 4. Storied Seas Ben Smith's Doggerland (2019) Monique Roffey's Archipelago (2012) Conclusion: The Future of the Blue Humanities
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