Empirical ecocriticism : environmental narratives for social change /

"Part manifesto, part toolkit, part proof of concept, and part dialogue, Empirical Ecocriticism studies the influence of environmental stories on our affects, attitudes, and actions. The contributors leverage case studies on topics ranging from the impact of climate fiction on readers' wil...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Schneider-Mayerson, Matthew (Editor ), Weik von Mossner, Alexa (Editor ), Małecki, Wojciech (Professor of literary theory) (Editor ), Hakemulder, Jèmeljan, 1966- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2023]
Temas:
Ecocriticism.
Human ecology.
Global environmental change.
Books and reading.
SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects
Case studies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • Introduction: Toward an Integrated Approach to Environmental Narratives and Social Change
  • Part I: Methods
  • 1. Experimental Methods for the Environmental Humanities: Measuring Affects and Effects
  • 2. Qualitative Approaches to Empirical Ecocriticism: Understanding Multidimensional Concepts, Experiences, and Processes
  • 3. Exploring the Environmental Humanities through Film Production
  • Part II: Case Studies
  • 4. Does Climate Fiction Work?: An Experimental Test of the Immediate and Delayed Effects of Reading Cli-Fi
  • 5. The Roles of Exemplar Voice, Compassion, and Pity in Shaping Audience Responses to Environmental News Narratives
  • 6. The Reception of Radical Texts: The Complicated Case of Alice Walker's "Am I Blue?"
  • 7. Screening Waste, Feeling Slow Violence: An Empirical Reception Study of the Environmental Documentary Plastic China
  • 8. All the World's a Warming Stage: Applied Theater, Climate Change, and the Art of Community-Based Assessments
  • 9. Tracing the Language of Ecocriticism: Insights from an Automated Text Analysis of ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment
  • Part III: Reflections
  • 10. Empirical Ecocriticism and the Future of (Eco)Narratology
  • 11. Two Cheers for Empirical Ecocriticism
  • 12. Empirical Ecocriticism and Modes of Persuasion
  • 13. Stories about the Environment for Diverse Audiences: Insights from Environmental Communication
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contributors

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