Exterranean: Extraction in the Humanist Anthropocene (Meaning Systems)
Current price:
$120.00
Publication Date: March 5th, 2019
Publisher:
Fordham University Press
ISBN:
9780823284221
Pages:
240
Description
Exterranean concerns the extraction of stuff from the Earth, a process in which matter goes from being sub- to exterranean. By shifting emphasis from emission to extraction, Usher reorients our perspective away from Earthrise-like globes and shows what is gained by opening the planet to depths within. Both historicist and speculative in approach, Exterranean eschews the self-congratulatory claims of posthumanism and lays the groundwork for a comparative ecocriticism that reaches across periods and languages. congratulatory claims of posthumanism and lays the groundwork for a comparative ecocriticism that reaches across periods and languages.
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