Ecocriticism and Environmental Praxis

AUTHOR – Shivani Jha

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The anthropogenic impact on the environment has led to devastating consequences and irreversible damage to both humans and nonhumans. Environmentalists warn that the damage incurred so far threatens to intensify further due to the lack of adequate corrective measures. The Humanities cannot remain unresponsive towards this deterioration. The effort is directed towards erasing the binary opposition between Nature and Culture in favour of a more holistic and anti-schismatic existence. The growing field of Ecocriticism has expanded and crossedboundaries into numerous areas including Environmental Studies, Postmodern Geography,Neurobiology and many others; all leading to the common aim of sensitizing humans to environmental health and the survival of the non-human world, in the spirit of environmental justice. The book addresses this concern taking into consideration texts for their pronounced bioethical and biophilic awareness. This compilation of essays and adds to the existing discourse by bringing all three aspects of criticism-the critical paradigm of ecocriticism, its need and application-in one volume.

The Editor
Shivani Jha is Assistant Professor of English at Bharati College, University of Delhi. She has specialized in the field of Ecocriticism, and also developed lessons for Virtual Learning Environment, Institute of Lifelong Learning, University of Delhi. She is the author of Ecocritical Readings Rethinking Nature and Environment (2015), and is currently working on her debut novella in English entitled Pakshi.

Contributors
Rambhau M. Badode l Bini B.S. l Rashmi Lee George l Shivani Jha l Neenu Kumar l Nisha Tiwari

The anthropogenic impact on the environment has led to devastating consequences and irreversible damage to both humans and nonhumans. Environmentalists warn that the damage incurred so far threatens to intensify further due to the lack of adequate corrective measures. The Humanities cannot remain unresponsive towards this deterioration. The effort is directed towards erasing the binary opposition between Nature and Culture in favour of a more holistic and anti-schismatic existence. The growing field of Ecocriticism has expanded and crossedboundaries into numerous areas including Environmental Studies, Postmodern Geography,Neurobiology and many others; all leading to the common aim of sensitizing humans to environmental health and the survival of the non-human world, in the spirit of environmental justice. The book addresses this concern taking into consideration texts for their pronounced bioethical and biophilic awareness. This compilation of essays and adds to the existing discourse by bringing all three aspects of criticism-the critical paradigm of ecocriticism, its need and application-in one volume.

The Editor
Shivani Jha is Assistant Professor of English at Bharati College, University of Delhi. She has specialized in the field of Ecocriticism, and also developed lessons for Virtual Learning Environment, Institute of Lifelong Learning, University of Delhi. She is the author of Ecocritical Readings Rethinking Nature and Environment (2015), and is currently working on her debut novella in English entitled Pakshi.

Contributors
Rambhau M. Badode l Bini B.S. l Rashmi Lee George l Shivani Jha l Neenu Kumar l Nisha Tiwari

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Foreword Vii-Viii
Robert P. Goldman Acknowledgements Ix-X
Introduction 1-10
An Ecocritical Perspective: Tagoreís Gitanjali And Selected Verses Anavisha Banerjee 11-20
Nature Is Not Trash: The Dynamics Of Food And Superstructure In The Eco-Theography Of Goddess Annapurna Anway Mukhopadhyay 21-34
Barricaded Behind The High Walls: The Noir City Of Los Angeles In Raymond Chandlerís Philip Marlowe Novels Debasree Basu 35-46
Indigeneity And Ecofeminism: A Case Study From The Okanagan Debashree Dattaray 47-60
‘Angry Gods’ And The Ecological Tradition Of Karbi Ancestors Dharamsing Teron 61-72
Chihorlata: Interweaving Speech Acts Of The Dhekaru And Bihor Tribes Of West Bengal Dheeman Bhattacharyya 73-84
Ecology And Ecological Concerns In Science Fiction Kunal Chattopadhyay 85-118
Ecofeminism And Its Discontents: Reading The Flowering Tree Meenakshi Malhotra 119-128
Forest Fire And Aftermath: Epic Introspection Sarita Sharma 129-140
Tales Of Spoils, Spoiling Tales: Tiger Hunting In India And The Fictions Of The Empire Silvia Granata 141-158
Ecocriticism And Environment: Some Considerations On Adivasis Of Odisha Stefano Beggiora 159-172
Narrating, Naming And Labelling The Environment In Amitav Ghoshís The Hungry Tide Suhasini Vincent 173-186
Woman And Environment: An Application Of Ecofeminism To The Study Of Mahasweta Deviís Short Story Ëdoulotií Sutanuka Ghosh Roy 187-198
The Girl And The Mare: An Ecofeminist Trajectory Of Interconnectedness 199-210
Urmi Sengupta Notes On Editors And Contributors 211-215
Index 217-222