Southeast Asian ecocriticism : theories, practices, prospects
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Southeast Asian ecocriticism : theories, practices, prospects
（Ecocritical theory and practice）
Lexington Books, c2018
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Southeast Asian Ecocriticism presents a timely exploration of the rapidly expanding field of ecocriticism through its devotion to the writers, creators, theorists, traditions, concerns, and landscapes of Southeast Asian countries. While ecocritics have begun to turn their attention to East and South Asian contexts and, particularly, to Chinese and Indian cultural productions, less emphasis has been placed on the diverse environmental traditions of Southeast Asia. Building on recent scholarship in Asian ecocriticism, the book gives prominence to the range of theoretical models and practical approaches employed by scholars based within, and located outside of, the Southeast region.
Consisting of twelve chapters, Southeast Asian Ecocriticism includes contributions on the ecological prose, poetry, cinema, and music of Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam. The authors emphasize the transnational exchanges of materials, technologies, texts, motifs, and ideas between Southeast Asian countries and Australia, England, Taiwan (Formosa), and the United States. From environmental hermeneutics, postcolonial studies, indigenous studies, and ecofeminism to critical plant studies, ecopoetics, and ecopedagogy, the edited collection embodies the dynamic breadth of interdisciplinary environmental scholarship today.
Southeast Asian Ecocriticism foregrounds the theories, practices, and prospects of ecocriticism in the region. The volume opens up new directions and reveals fresh possibilities not only for ecocritical scholarship in Southeast Asia but for a comparative environmental criticism that transcends political boundaries and national canons. The volume highlights the important role of literature in heightening awareness of ecological issues at local, regional, and global scales.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 An Introduction to Southeast Asian Ecocriticism
John Charles Ryan
Chapter 2 Ecocriticism, Hermeneutics, and the Vanishing Elephants of Thailand
Ignasi Ribo
Chapter 3 Filipino Ecological Imagination: Typhoon Yolanda, Climate Change, and Imperialism in Philippine Poetry and Prose
Jeffrey Santa Ana
Chapter 4 Imaging Indigenous Relationships With Nature: The Case of Igorot Music Videos
Jason Paolo R. Telles
Chapter 5 Terror, Narrative, and Ecology in Merlinda Bobis's Novel Fish-Hair Woman
Chitra Sankaran
Chapter 6 Environmental Consciousness in the Ecopoetry of Angkarn Chanthatip: A Reading of "Sieng Sontana Jaak Panang Tham" from Hua Jai Hong Tee Ha (The Fifth Chamber of the Heart)
Chaiyon Tongsukkaeng
Chapter 7 Sense of Place and Nostalgia for Homeland in Rewat Phanphiphat's Poetry
Thanya Sangkhaphanthanon
Chapter 8 From Padauk to Hyacinth: Literary Botany, the Agency of Plants, and the Contemporary Poetry of Myanmar
John Charles Ryan
Chapter 9 Listening to Nature, Rethinking the Past: A Reading of the Representations of Forests and Rivers in Post-war Vietnamese Narratives
Tran Ngoc Hieu and Dang Thi Thai Ha
Chapter 10 Sowing Seeds: Phytocriticism and the Botanical Dimensions of Indonesian Literature for Children and Young Adults
Richard Li and John Charles Ryan
Chapter 11 Transnational Paradigm: Teaching Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony in Thailand
Wasinrat Nualsiri
Chapter 12 Economics, Ecology, and Desire: Delineations of Formosa and Neighboring Southeast Asian Countries in Three Nineteenth-Century Travelers' Natural Histories
Li-Ru Lu
Epilogue Ziggy Stardust and the Irrawaddy Dolphin: Prospects for a Transboundary Ecocriticism in Southeast Asia
John Charles Ryan
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