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The Venice Journal of Environmental Humanities

Arboreal Ecocriticism

open access | peer reviewed
    a cura di
  • 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 Tim WintonDendrocriticismPlant writingPhytographyThe politicalAlech ChoateJean GionoThe superstitiousEco-shamanismTree worshipBill NeidjieKallen PokkudanEnvironmental humanitiesUpheavalThe sacredVeronica LakeZoopoeticsTree of lifeBuket UzunerThe socialMoon FestivalWangari MaathaiChildren’s guardian deityConnectionsFireGija JumuluPoiesisClimate crisisArboreal ecocriticismThe profaneArboreal poeticsBiosemiosisLantern FestivalChangeLand revivalMangrovesThe sacred treePlanting treesLife writing

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