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In The Nature Of Things : Language, Politics, and the Environment /

Informed by recent developments in literary criticism and social theory, In the Nature of Things addresses the presumption that nature exists independent of culture and, in particular, of language. The theoretical approaches of the contributors represent both modernist and postmodernist positions, i...

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Autres auteurs: Chaloupka, William, 1948-, Bennett, Jane, 1957-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 1993.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Résumé:Informed by recent developments in literary criticism and social theory, In the Nature of Things addresses the presumption that nature exists independent of culture and, in particular, of language. The theoretical approaches of the contributors represent both modernist and postmodernist positions, including feminist theory, critical theory, Marxism, science fiction, theology, and botany. They demonstrate how the concept of nature is invoked and constituted in a wide range of cultural projects-from the Bible to science fiction movies, from hunting to green consumerism. Ultimately, it weeks to l.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (296 pages).
ISBN:9780816685332