Lagoonscapes

The Venice Journal of Environmental Humanities

Slimy Fertility: Lagoons and Climate Change

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Abstract

Lagoons breed many things, both in the imagination and in physical reality. Often spaces of horror and death, lagoons are also places of leisure and life. Literary representations of lagoons merit attention because, as climate change continues to melt ice across the planet, new lagoons are being created even as existing ones face increased threats. This article examines several significant literary and actual lagoons to highlight both their complexity and their importance, emphasizing the need to better understand how human behaviors and representations impact these fragile ecosystems.


Open access | Peer reviewed

Submitted: Aug. 7, 2024 | Accepted: Oct. 1, 2024 | Published Dec. 6, 2024 | Language: en

Keywords Slime • Ecophobia • Literary lagoons • Eco-horror

Copyright © 2024 Simon Estok. This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/LGSP/2785-2709/2024/02/003