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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 Tree of lifeChangePoiesisKallen PokkudanThe politicalThe superstitiousChildren’s guardian deityFireJean GionoThe profaneConnectionsBuket UzunerTim WintonUpheavalLantern FestivalVeronica LakeThe sacredArboreal poeticsArboreal ecocriticismPlanting treesLand revivalDendrocriticismTree worshipThe socialGija JumuluClimate crisisBill NeidjieAlech ChoateThe sacred treePhytographyEnvironmental humanitiesLife writingZoopoeticsPlant writingWangari MaathaiMangrovesEco-shamanismMoon FestivalBiosemiosis

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