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- Title
Dancing with Disaster: Environmental Histories, Narratives, and Ethics for Perilous Times by Kate Rigby (review).
- Authors
Meyer, Andy
- Abstract
"Dancing with Disaster: Environmental Histories, Narratives, and Ethics for Perilous Times" by Kate Rigby is a book that explores the relationship between cultural factors and geophysical processes in the genesis, unfolding, and aftermath of calamities. The book examines literary narratives in the context of historical, philosophical, and political responses to disasters worldwide. Each chapter focuses on a specific historical disaster and analyzes a literary work that challenges the status quo of disaster response. Rigby's book is a mature example of ecocriticism, drawing from various theoretical traditions and situating the authorial self in the subject matter.
- Subjects
ENVIRONMENTAL history; ENVIRONMENTAL disasters; ENVIRONMENTAL ethics; DANCE; EMERGENCY management; NATURAL disasters; INTELLECTUAL history
- Publication
Western American Literature, 2024, Vol 58, Issue 4, p394
- ISSN
0043-3462
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/wal.2024.a924888