Lagoonscapes

The Venice Journal of Environmental Humanities

Arboreal Ecocriticism

open access | peer reviewed
    edited by
  • Scott Slovic - University of Idaho, USA - email
  • Shiuhhuah Serena Chou - Academia Sinica, Taiwan - email
Abstract

The articles collected in this special issue devoted to what we are calling “Arboreal Ecocriticism” exhibit tree-consciousness in a variety of cultural, linguistic, and national traditions, including Australian Aboriginal poetry, Moroccan fiction, Indian activist prose, Turkish shamanistic fiction, French literature, and Taiwanese folklore.

Keywords Tree of lifeUpheavalThe sacredThe sacred treeZoopoeticsTree worshipThe politicalEnvironmental humanitiesBill NeidjieBiosemiosisThe superstitiousLantern FestivalPlant writingFireClimate crisisLand revivalVeronica LakePhytographyThe socialMoon FestivalDendrocriticismArboreal poeticsAlech ChoateEco-shamanismJean GionoArboreal ecocriticismChildren’s guardian deityChangeKallen PokkudanPlanting treesConnectionsTim WintonBuket UzunerLife writingWangari MaathaiMangrovesPoiesisThe profaneGija Jumulu

Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/LGSP/2785-2709/2022/04 | Published Dec. 15, 2022 | Language en