{"id":6635,"date":"2013-04-07T22:23:53","date_gmt":"2013-04-08T03:23:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/aivakhiv\/?p=6635"},"modified":"2013-04-07T22:23:53","modified_gmt":"2013-04-08T03:23:53","slug":"new-ecocriticism-book-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/aivakhiv\/2013\/04\/07\/new-ecocriticism-book-series\/","title":{"rendered":"New ecocriticism book series"},"content":{"rendered":"

The list of advisors for this new book series in Ecocritical Theory and Practice shows just how the field of ecocriticism has internationalized over the last two decades. I’m pleased to be part of it.<\/em><\/p>\n

Ecocritical Theory and Practice Book Series<\/b><\/p>\n

Lexington Books, Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

Ecocritical Theory and Practice <\/b>highlights innovative scholarship at the interface of literary\/cultural studies and the environment, seeking to foster an ongoing dialogue between academics and environmental activists. Works that explore environmental issues through literatures, oral traditions, and cultural\/media practices around the world are welcome. The series features books by established ecocritics that examine the intersection of theory and practice, including both monographs and edited volumes. Proposals are invited in the range of topics covered by ecocriticism, including but not limited to works informed by cross-cultural and transnational approaches; postcolonial studies; ecofeminism; ecospirituality, ecotheology, and religious studies; film\/media and visual cultural studies; environmental aesthetics and arts; ecopoetics; and animal studies. Please send proposals to the series editor, Douglas Vakoch, at .<\/p>\n

Recent Titles<\/b><\/p>\n

Transversal Ecocritical Praxis: Theoretical Arguments, Literary Analysis, and Cultural Critique<\/i>, by Patrick D. Murphy<\/p>\n

Series Editor <\/b><\/p>\n

Douglas Vakoch, California Institute of Integral Studies, USA<\/p>\n

Advisory Board<\/b><\/p>\n

Joni Adamson, Arizona State University, USA; Mageb Al-adwani, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia; Hannes Bergthaller, National Chung-Hsing University, Taiwan; Z\u00e9lia Bora, Federal University of Para\u00edba, Brazil; Izabel Brand\u00e3o, Federal University of Alagoas, Brazil; Jeffrey J. Cohen, George Washington University, USA; Sim\u00e3o Farias Almeida, Federal University of Roraima, Brazil; Julia Fiedorczuk, University of Warsaw, Poland; Camilo Gomides, University of Puerto Rico\u2014Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico; Yves-Charles Grandjeat, Michel de Montaigne-Bordeaux 3 University, France; George Handley, Brigham Young University, USA; Isabel Hoving, Leiden University, The Netherlands; Idom Thomas Inyabri, University of Calabar, Nigeria; Serenella Iovino, University of Turin, Italy; Adrian Ivakhiv, University of Vermont, USA; Daniela Kato, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, China; Petr Kopeck\u00fd, University of Ostrava, Czech Republic; Yuki Masami, Kanazawa University, Japan; Mohammad Nasser Modoodi, Payame Noor University, Iran; Patrick Murphy, University of Central Florida, USA; Serpil Oppermann, Hacettepe University, Turkey; Rebecca Raglon, University of British Columbia, Canada; Anuradha Ramanujan, National University of Singapore, Singapore; Christian Schmitt-Kilb, University of Rostock, Germany; Marian Scholtmeijer, University of Northern British Columbia, Canada; Murali Sivaramakrishnan, Pondicherry University, India; Scott Slovic, University of Idaho, USA; J. Etienne Terblanche, North-West University, South Africa; Julia Tofant\u0161uk, Tallinn University, Estonia; Jennifer Wawrzinek, Free University of Berlin, Germany; Cheng Xiangzhan, Shandong University, China; Hubert Zapf, University of Augsburg, Germany<\/p>\n

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