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See moreEconarratives are all around us, describing and shaping human interactions with other species and the physical environment.
This book provides a foundational theory of econarrative, drawing from narratology, human ecology, critical discourse analysis, and ecolinguistics, and offering insights from a rich variety of texts including:
- Creation myths
- Indigenous podcasts
- Ethical leadership speeches
- Haiku poetry
- Documentary films
- New nature writing
- Advertisements and campaigns
- Apocalyptic stories
Adopting a global, transdisciplinary approach, it conducts in-depth analysis of specific works, including the Cherokee myth How the World Was Made, the speeches of Vandana Shiva, Nightwalk by Chris Yates, Naomi Kleinβs documentary This Changes Everything, the podcasts of Mohawk seed-keeper Rowen White, the Book of Revelation, and The Dark Mountain Manifesto.
Raising awareness of the powerful role that language plays in structuring our lives and society, the book reveals narratological and linguistic features that convey activation, emotion, empathy, identity, placefulness, enchantment, compassion and other key factors that shape interactions with the natural world. If we want real, fundamental change, then we must search for new econarratives to live by.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781350263116
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 25 January 2024
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Illustration: 10 bw illus
Audience: Tertiary education
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 22.0mm
Width: 138.0mm
Height: 216.0mm
Weight: 380g
Pages: 288
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About the Author
Arran Stibbe is Professor of Ecological Linguistics at the University of Gloucestershire, UK. He has an academic background in both linguistics and human ecology and combines the two in his research and teaching. He is founder of the International Ecolinguistics Association, author of Ecolinguistics: Language, Ecology and the Stories We Live By (2020), and was awarded a National Teaching Fellowship by the Higher Education Academy for teaching excellence.
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