Review Essay: Steps to a Material Ecocriticism. The Recent Literature about the “New Materialisms” and its Impact on Ecocritical Theory
- Autores: Serenella Iovino
- Localización: Ecozon@ [Ecozona]: European Journal of Literature, Culture and Environment, ISSN-e 2171-9594, Vol. 3, N. 1, 2012 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Writing catastrophes: cross-disciplinary perspectives on the semantics of natural and anthropogenic disasters), págs. 134-145
- Idioma: inglés
Es reseña de:
Material Feminisms
Stacy Alaimo (ed. lit.), Susan Hekman (ed. lit.)
Bloomington, Indiana (USA) : Indiana University Press, 2008
Bodily Natures: Science, Environment, and the Material Self
Stacy Alaimo
Bloomington, Indiana (USA) : Indiana University Press, 2010
Vibrant Matter: A Political Ecology of Things
Jane Bennett
Durham, North Carolina (USA) ; London (UK) : Duke University Press
Becoming Animal
David Abram
New York (USA) : Vintage Books, 2010
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Resumen
This bibliographic essay illustrates the proliferation of studies about the "new materialisms" and examines the potential influx of this conceptual trend on ecocriticism. In the discussion, in particular, I provide a comparative analysis of four books: Stacy Alaimo and Susan Hekman, Eds. "Material Feminisms" (Bloomington: Indiana U P, 2008), Stacy Alaimo, "Bodily Natures: Science, Environment, and the Material Self" (Bloomington: Indiana U P, 2010), Jane Bennett, "Vibrant Matter: A Political Ecology of Things" (Durham and London: Duke U P, 2010), David Abram, "Becoming Animal" (New York: Vintage Books, 2010).
