Apocalyptic California : gender in climate fiction / MaryKate Messimer.
2023
PN56.E265 M47 2023
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Title
Apocalyptic California : gender in climate fiction / MaryKate Messimer.
Author
Messimer, MaryKate, author.
ISBN
9783031299209 electronic book
3031299205 electronic book
9783031299193
3031299191
3031299205 electronic book
9783031299193
3031299191
Published
Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, 2023.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (v, 118 pages)
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10.1007/978-3-031-29920-9 doi
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PN56.E265 M47 2023
Dewey Decimal Classification
809.93355
Summary
This book explores concepts of environmentalism and feminism in science fiction novels written by women. By extrapolating the future of climate change, the authors of these texts model how readers can apply utopian feminist and environmental theories in their own lives. Chapter One establishes an understanding of ecofeminist environmental thinking through original research conducted at the Ursula K. Le Guin archive at the University of Oregon. Chapter Two shows an example of climate change dystopia set in California in Claire Vaye Watkins' novel Gold Fame Citrus. The final chapters explore utopian visions of queer ecologies in books by Octavia Butler and N.K. Jemisin. Because climate change is so difficult for individuals to grapple with, a new perspective is needed to survive it. The queer ecological philosophy in these novels points to a way of life that can reduce environmental harm in an era of climate change.
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Includes index.
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Table of Contents
Chapter One: Introduction
Chapter Two: Indigenous Influences on Early Ecofeminist Utopias
Chapter Three: Cruel Optimism in the Slow Violence of Apocalypse
Chapter Four: Hyperobjects and Hyperempathy in Octavia Butler's Parable of the Sower
Chapter Five: Embodying the Land in N.K. Jemisin's The Fifth Season.
Chapter Two: Indigenous Influences on Early Ecofeminist Utopias
Chapter Three: Cruel Optimism in the Slow Violence of Apocalypse
Chapter Four: Hyperobjects and Hyperempathy in Octavia Butler's Parable of the Sower
Chapter Five: Embodying the Land in N.K. Jemisin's The Fifth Season.