{"product_id":"cosmological-readings-of-contemporary-australian-literature-9781032319629","title":"Cosmological Readings of Contemporary Australian","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book presents an innovative and imaginative reading of contemporary Australian literature in the context of unprecedented ecological crisis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Australian continent has seen significant, rapid changes to its cultures and land-use from the impact of British colonial rule, yet there is a rich history of Indigenous land-ethics and cosmological thought. By using the age-old idea of cosmos'the order of the worldto foreground ideas of a good order and chaos, reciprocity and more-than-human agency, this book interrogates the Anthropocene in Australia, focusing on notions of colonisation, farming, mining, bioethics, technology, environmental justice and sovereignty. It offers cosmological readings' of a diverse range of authorsIndigenous and non-Indigenousas a challenge to the Anthropocene's decline-narrative. As a result, it reactivates cosmos' as an ethical vision and a transculturally important counter-concept to the Anthropocene. Kathrin Bartha-Mitchell argues that the arts \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Kathrin Bartha-Mitchell’s \u003ci\u003eCosmological Readings of Contemporary Australian Literature \u003c\/i\u003eis an important new work of Australian ecocriticism. Drawing on recent work on literature and the Anthropocene, Bartha-Mitchell’s book offers a model for reading Australian literature cosmologically. Bartha-Mitchell’s readings emphasise interconnections between beings, agencies and systems that work against the traditional humanistic focus of western prose fiction and offer a critical new dimension to Australian literary studies.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTony Hughes-d’Aeth\u003c\/strong\u003e,\u003cem\u003e Chair of Australian Literature, The University of Western Australia\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An innovative intervention in the environmental humanities, this thought-provoking study of contemporary Australian literature makes a powerful case for the generative concept of cosmos and, more broadly, for the importance of literary studies within the wider field.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiletta De Cristofaro\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAssistant Professor, Northumbria University, UK\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Literary Cosmology in the Anthropocene \u003cb\u003ePart 1: CONTEXT \/ THEORY: From Chaos to Cosmos to Anthropocene?\u003c\/b\u003e 1. Cosmos within and beyond the Environmental Humanities 2. Cosmos Today: Modern, Transcultural, (Dis)enchanted \u003cb\u003ePart 2: COLONISATION \/ EXPLOITATION: Reimagining Agriculture and Extraction\u003c\/b\u003e 3. Remembering the Language of Colonial Agriculture: Carrie Tiffany’s \u003ci\u003eEveryman’s Rules for Scientific Living\u003c\/i\u003e 4. Resisting Mining and Regenerating Country through the Wiradjuri Language: Tara June Winch’s \u003ci\u003eThe Yield\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart 3: BIOETHICS \/ TECHNOLOGY: Revising Human Mastery Narratives \u003c\/b\u003e5. Testing the Limits of Apocalyptic Climate Fiction: Briohny Doyle’s \u003ci\u003eThe Island Will Sink\u003c\/i\u003e 6. Reconsidering Evolution and Queering Environmentalism: Ellen van Neerven’s “Water” \u003cb\u003ePart 4: ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE \/ CUSTODIANSHIP: Towards Sovereign Cosmopolitics\u003c\/b\u003e 7. Remembering the Opposite of Oppression: Behrouz Boochani’s \u003ci\u003eNo Friend but the Mountains\u003c\/i\u003e 8. Aquatious Mobilisation of Indigenous Sovereignty: Melissa Lucashenko’s \u003ci\u003eToo Much Lip\u003c\/i\u003e Conclusion\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018971644247,"sku":"9781032319629","price":128.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781032319629.jpg?v=1750778866","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/cosmological-readings-of-contemporary-australian-literature-9781032319629","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}