Research Catalog

Title

Swamp Souths : literary and cultural ecologies / edited by Kirstin L. Squint, Eric Gary Anderson, Taylor Hagood, Anthony Wilson.

Publication

Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2020]

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Additional Authors

• Squint, Kirstin L., 1973-
• Anderson, Eric Gary, 1960-
• Hagood, Taylor, 1975-
• Wilson, Anthony, 1975-

Description

ix, 303 pages : maps; 24 cm.

Summary

""Swamp Souths: Literary and Cultural Ecologies" expands the geographical scope of scholarship about southern swamps. Although the physical environments that form its central subjects are scattered throughout the southeastern United States-the Atchafalaya, the Okefenokee, the Mississippi River delta, the Everglades, and the Great Dismal Swamp-this evocative collection challenges fixed notions of place and foregrounds the ways in which ecosystems shape cultures and creations on both local and global scales. Across seventeen scholarly essays, along with a critical introduction and afterword, "Swamp Souths" introduces new frameworks for thinking about swamps in the South and beyond, with emphasis on subjects including Indigenous studies, ecocriticism, intersectional feminism, and the tropical sublime. The volume analyzes canonical writers such as William Faulkner, Zora Neale Hurston, and Eudora Welty, but it also investigates contemporary literary works by Randall Kenan and Karen Russell, the films "Beasts of the Southern Wild" and "My Louisiana Love," and music ranging from swamp rock and zydeco to Beyoncé's visual album "Lemonade." Navigating a complex assemblage of places and ecosystems, the contributors argue with passion and critical rigor for considering anew the literary and cultural work that swamps do. This dynamic collection of scholarship proves that swampy approaches to southern spaces possess increased relevance in an era of climate change and political crisis"--

Series Statement

Southern literary studies

Uniform Title

Southern literary studies.

Subject

• American literature > Southern States > History and criticism
• Swamps in literature
• Swamps > Social aspects > Southern States
• Swamps > Southern States > History
• Swamp ecology > Southern States
• American literature
• Ecology
• Swamp ecology
• Swamps
• Southern States > Environmental conditions
• Southern States

Genre/Form

• Criticism, interpretation, etc.
• History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Call Number

Sc E 21-775

ISBN

• 9780807172384
• 0807172383

LCCN

2019045801

OCLC

1122798231

Title

Swamp Souths : literary and cultural ecologies / edited by Kirstin L. Squint, Eric Gary Anderson, Taylor Hagood, Anthony Wilson.

Publisher

Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2020]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Creator/Contributor Characteristics

Occupational/field of activity group: University and college faculty members

Series

Southern literary studies

Southern literary studies.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Note

ED: HIGH POINT U & EAST CAROLINA U. COLL. OF PAPERS BASED ON 2015 CONFERENCE.

Added Author

Squint, Kirstin L., 1973- editor.

Anderson, Eric Gary, 1960- editor.

Hagood, Taylor, 1975- editor.

Wilson, Anthony, 1975- editor.

Research Call Number

Sc E 21-775