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Author Giblett, Rodney James

Title Postmodern wetlands : culture, history, ecology / Rodney James Giblett
Published Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©1996

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 268 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps
Series Postmodern theory
Postmodern theory.
Contents Ch. 1. Introduction: Where Land and Water Meet -- Ch. 2. Philosophy in the Wetlands: The S(ub)lime and the Uncanny -- Ch. 3. A Modern City and its Swamp Sett(l)ing: Decolonising Perth's Wetlands -- Ch. 4. The World/Womb as Wetland, the Modern City as Cultural Symptom and the Postmodern City as Swamp -- Ch. 5. Swamp Sickness: Marsh Miasma and Bodily Effluvia -- Ch. 6. The Nether Regions: Sexuality, the Gendered Body and the Swamps of the Great Mother/Earth -- Ch. 7. The Melancholic Marshes and the Slough of Despond: The Psycho(eco)logy of Swamps -- Ch. 8. Marsh Monsters and Swamp Serpents: Horror of Horrors -- Ch. 9. Rebels and Runaways: The Wetland as Refuge and Site of Resistance -- Ch. 10. Conclusion: Writing a Word for Wetlands
Summary Postmodern Wetlands explores the representation of wetlands (swamps, marshes, etc.) in western culture. For many, wetlands are a place of disease and horror often associated with the melancholy and the monstrous; in short, they are 'black waters'. Yet, ecologically, wetlands are vitally important for human and other life on earth: they are 'living' waters. The aim of this book is to produce a cultural critique of wetlands as both living and black waters. Drawing on a wide range of disciplines and methodologies, the book analyses wetlands in relation to aesthetics and philosophy, cities and human psychology, mythology and narrative and medical, military, social and conservation history. It discusses these issues using examples across a variety of genres and making reference to British, American and Australian wetlands
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-264) and index
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Subject Wetlands -- Philosophy
Wetland ecology -- Philosophy
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General.
NATURE / Environmental Conservation & Protection
Feuchtgebiet
Kultur
Geschichtswissenschaft
Sumpf
Stadtsoziologie
Ökologie
Wetlands.
Beeldvorming.
Massamedia.
Physical Geography.
Geography.
Earth & Environmental Sciences.
Zones humides -- Anthropologie.
Zones humides -- Folklore.
Écologie des zones humides.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 97113104
ISBN 0585087016
9780585087016
9781474468442
1474468446