Postmodern Wetlands: Culture, History, Ecology
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ISBN : 9780748608447
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Postmodern Wetlands: Culture, History, Ecology
Swamps and marshes have traditionally been regarded as places of horror and ill health in western culture - places to be feared, drained and filled. In this wide-ranging study, Rod Giblett examines the swamp from a cross-disciplinary standpoint. Using material from fiction, films and popular culture and drawing on literature, cultural studies, philosophy, social theory, critical geography and medical history, he criticises the urge to drain swamps ('the project of modernity') as masculinist and imperialist.From the Back CoverPostmodern Wetlands explores the representation of wetlands (swamps, marshes, etc.) in western culture. For many, wetlands are a place of disease and horror often associated with the melancholy and the monstrous; in short, they are 'black waters'. Yet, ecologically, wetlands are vitally important for human and other life on earth: they are 'living' waters. The aim of this book is to produce a cultural critique of wetlands as both living and black waters. Drawing on a wide range of disciplines and methodologies, the book analyses wetlands in relation to aesthetics and philosophy, cities and human psychology, mythology and narrative and medical, military, social and conservation history. It discusses these issues using examples across a variety of genres and making reference to British, American and Australian wetlands.About the AuthorROD GIBLETT is lecturer in cultural studies in the School of Communication and Cultural Studies, Curtin University of Technology, Australia.
Specification of Postmodern Wetlands: Culture, History, Ecology
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Author | Rodney James Giblett |
Binding | paperback |
Language | english |
Edition | 1 |
ISBN-10 | 748608443 |
ISBN-13 | 9780748608447 |
Publisher | Edinburgh University Press |
Publication Year | 01-12-1996 |
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