Weak Planet: Literature and Assisted Survival
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Book Overview Vulnerability. We see it everywhere. In once permanent institutions. In runaway pandemics. In democracy itself. And most frighteningly, i...
Vulnerability. We see it everywhere. In once permanent institutions. In runaway pandemics. In democracy itself. And most frighteningly, in ecosystems with no sustainable future. Against these large-scale hazards of climate change, what can literature teach us? This is the question Wai Chee Dimock asks in Weak Planet, proposing a way forward, inspired by works that survive through kinship with strangers and with the nonhuman world.
Drawing on Native American studies, disability studies, and environmental humanities, Dimock shows how hope can be found not in heroic statements but in incremental and unspectacular teamwork. Reversing the usual focus on hegemonic institutions, she highlights instead incomplete gestures given an afterlife with the help of others. She looks at Louise Erdrich's and Sherman Alexie's user-amended captivity narratives; nontragic sequels to Moby-Dick by C. L. R. James, Frank Stella, and Amitav Ghosh; induced forms of Irishness in Henry James, Colm T
Book Details Format: Hardcover | Pages: 238 | Language: English | Publisher: UNIV OF CHICAGO PR | ISBN: 022647707X
FormatHardcover
Pages238
LanguageEnglish
ISBN022647707X
EAN9780226477077
PublisherUNIV OF CHICAGO PR
Publication Date2020-12-14
EditionFirst Edition
AccessoriesNo Accessory
ConditionNew
Product TypeHARD COVER BOOKS
Weight0.94 Pounds
Length8.5 Inches
Width5.5 Inches
Height0.56 Inches
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