Magic, Literature and Climate Pedagogy in a Time of Ecological Crisis (Environmental Cultures)

Magic, Literature and Climate Pedagogy in a Time of Ecological Crisis (Environmental Cultures)
by: Sofia Ahlberg (Author),Richard Kerridge(Series Editor),Greg Garrard(Series Editor)&1more
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication Date: 2024/9/19
Language: English
Print Length: 168 pages
ISBN-10: 1350401145
ISBN-13: 9781350401143
Book Description
Channeling the creative potential of humanity to transition towards joyous and just futures in times of life-threatening climate change, this book uses metaphors of magic and shapeshifting to imagine liveable futures achievable through other-than-rational means.Focusing on a wide range of 20th and 21st-century novels from a diverse range of writers such as Madeline Miller, Jeff VanderMeer, Ursula LeGuin, N.K. Jemisin, Ambelin Kwaymullina and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, it suggests that readers take seriously the pedagogical potential of magic in literature for the classroom and beyond while providing them with contextualized, collective methods of climate action.
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Channeling the creative potential of humanity to transition towards joyous and just futures in times of life-threatening climate change, this book uses metaphors of magic and shapeshifting to imagine liveable futures achievable through other-than-rational means.Focusing on a wide range of 20th and 21st-century novels from a diverse range of writers such as Madeline Miller, Jeff VanderMeer, Ursula LeGuin, N.K. Jemisin, Ambelin Kwaymullina and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, it suggests that readers take seriously the pedagogical potential of magic in literature for the classroom and beyond while providing them with contextualized, collective methods of climate action. Read more