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Sharing the Earth
An International Environmental Justice Reader
by
This title was previously available on NetGalley and is now archived.
Pub Date
Jun 15 2015
| Archive Date
Nov 30 2015
Description
The first of its kind, this anthology of eighty international primary literary texts—poems, short stories, personal essays, testimonials, activist statements, and group-authored visions—illuminates Environmental Justice as a concept and a movement worldwide in a way that is accessible to students, scholars, and general readers. Also included are historical selections that ground contemporary pieces in a continuum of activist concern for the earth and human justice, a much-needed but seldom available perspective.
Arts and humanities are crucial in the ongoing effort to achieve an ecologically sustainable and just world. Works of the human imagination provide analyses, articulations of experience, and positive visions of the future that no amount of statistics, data, charts, or graphs can offer because literature speaks not only to the intellect but also to our emotions. Creative literary work, which records human experience both past and present, has the power to warn, to persuade, and to inspire. Each is critical in the shared struggle for Environmental Justice.
The first of its kind, this anthology of eighty international primary literary texts—poems, short stories, personal essays, testimonials, activist statements, and group-authored visions—illuminates...
Description
The first of its kind, this anthology of eighty international primary literary texts—poems, short stories, personal essays, testimonials, activist statements, and group-authored visions—illuminates Environmental Justice as a concept and a movement worldwide in a way that is accessible to students, scholars, and general readers. Also included are historical selections that ground contemporary pieces in a continuum of activist concern for the earth and human justice, a much-needed but seldom available perspective.
Arts and humanities are crucial in the ongoing effort to achieve an ecologically sustainable and just world. Works of the human imagination provide analyses, articulations of experience, and positive visions of the future that no amount of statistics, data, charts, or graphs can offer because literature speaks not only to the intellect but also to our emotions. Creative literary work, which records human experience both past and present, has the power to warn, to persuade, and to inspire. Each is critical in the shared struggle for Environmental Justice.
Advance Praise
"
Sharing the Earth is a timely
anthology, an encompassing and indispensable resource for confronting
ecological crises and environmental justice. It broadens the concept and
practice of environmental ethics by highlighting the role of the
humanities in shaping attitudes and actions regarding the earth and its
inhabitants. Through a diverse body of writings from around the world,
it links concerns for all life on the planet to commitment to local and
global social justice, urging an equitable sharing of environmental
burdens, benefits, and responsibilities between the Global North and
Global South. Its wide-ranging perspectives and compelling voices will
inspire and galvanize readers to think and act toward positive change."
—Xiaojing Zhou, author of
Cities of Others: Reimagining Urban Spaces in Asian American Literature
"Sharing the Earth is a remarkably multicultural and
multinational collection of justice-oriented environmental writing.
Elizabeth Ammons and Modhumita Roy have created a valuable book for
general readers, teachers, and students that eclipses the American
centeredness of many environmental anthologies. I would love to teach a
class with this book!"
—Scott Slovic, co-editor of Ecocriticism of the Global South
"Sharing the Earth is a timely anthology, an encompassing and indispensable resource for confronting ecological crises and environmental justice. It broadens the concept and practice of...
Advance Praise
"
Sharing the Earth is a timely
anthology, an encompassing and indispensable resource for confronting
ecological crises and environmental justice. It broadens the concept and
practice of environmental ethics by highlighting the role of the
humanities in shaping attitudes and actions regarding the earth and its
inhabitants. Through a diverse body of writings from around the world,
it links concerns for all life on the planet to commitment to local and
global social justice, urging an equitable sharing of environmental
burdens, benefits, and responsibilities between the Global North and
Global South. Its wide-ranging perspectives and compelling voices will
inspire and galvanize readers to think and act toward positive change."
—Xiaojing Zhou, author of
Cities of Others: Reimagining Urban Spaces in Asian American Literature
"Sharing the Earth is a remarkably multicultural and
multinational collection of justice-oriented environmental writing.
Elizabeth Ammons and Modhumita Roy have created a valuable book for
general readers, teachers, and students that eclipses the American
centeredness of many environmental anthologies. I would love to teach a
class with this book!"
—Scott Slovic, co-editor of Ecocriticism of the Global South
Available Editions
| EDITION |
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| ISBN |
9780820347714 |
| PRICE |
$34.95 (USD)
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Additional Information
Available Editions
| EDITION |
Other Format |
| ISBN |
9780820347714 |
| PRICE |
$34.95 (USD)
|
Average rating from 2 members
Featured Reviews
Linda S, Librarian
I am also excited about Sharing the Earth by Elizabeth Ammons and Modhumita Roy. This book is subtitled "An International Environmental Justice Reader" and contains short essays from over sixty writers and historical figures. For example, writings from Karl Marx, Henry David Thoreau and Rabindranath Tagore appear on adjacent pages. The range is impressive, definitely global in scope, and features many women, too, like Rigoberta Menchu and Jamaica Kincaid. I am curious to see how students in classes like Global Voices and Social Justice will react to these selections.
See link below for this review's blog version which features other titles, also.
Featured Reviews
Linda S, Librarian
I am also excited about Sharing the Earth by Elizabeth Ammons and Modhumita Roy. This book is subtitled "An International Environmental Justice Reader" and contains short essays from over sixty writers and historical figures. For example, writings from Karl Marx, Henry David Thoreau and Rabindranath Tagore appear on adjacent pages. The range is impressive, definitely global in scope, and features many women, too, like Rigoberta Menchu and Jamaica Kincaid. I am curious to see how students in classes like Global Voices and Social Justice will react to these selections.
See link below for this review's blog version which features other titles, also.
