Xerophilia
Subtitle: ecocritical explorations in southwestern literature
By: Tom Lynch.
Publisher: Texas Tech University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Lubbock
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780896726383
Subjects: Environmental literature -- History and criticism; American literature -- Southwest, New -- History and criticism; Ecocriticism; Human ecology in literature; Environmental protection in literature; Deserts in literature; Southwest, New -- In literature
Description: "Ecocritical study of multicultural literature of the American Southwest, Xerophilia centers on the love of desert places to examine how Southwestern writers contribute to a sustainable bioregional culture. Analyzes a variety of genres in terms of environmental justice theory, phenomenology, border studies, ehtnography, entomology, conservation biology, environmental history, and ecoaesthetics"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The Southwest: from region to bioregions; title: Acequia culture:  watershed consciousness and environmental justice in the literature of the upper Rio Grande bioregion; title: Border (home)lands:  bioregional readings in border literature; title: Dignifying the overlooked  invertebrates in Southwestern literature; title: Re-sensing place:  ecological aesthetics, embodied experience, and environmental literature.