{"product_id":"reading-and-writing-in-the-anthropocene-an-eco-deconstructive-approach-9781350445260","title":"Reading and Writing in the Anthropocene: An Eco-Deconstructive Approach","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Sarah Jonckheere\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Subjects \u0026amp; Themes - Nature\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSituated in the context of environmental thought in literary studies in particular and the humanities more generally, this book claims that literature is a crucial \"force\" for coming to terms with the challenges of climate change and the Anthropocene. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePerforming a kind of creative criticism, this book is a work of eco-deconstruction which engages with a variety of films and literary texts ranging, roughly, from the early 1980s - when the knowledge of an environmental crisis started to trickle down to the general public and when scholars and governments alike turned their attention to it - to the early 21st century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExamining texts as diverse as \u003ci\u003eMad Max\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCosmopolis\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBlade Runner \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Diamond Age\u003c\/i\u003e, the book sets out to theorise an Anthropocene literary turn, repositioning literature and film as a \"geological force\" in the era of the Anthropocene","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45085970104471,"sku":"9781350445260","price":7624.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/reading-and-writing-in-the-anthropocene-an-eco-deconstructive-approach-9781350445260","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}