Literature 1
Cities that have been affected by colonialism
What are Postcolonial Cityscapes?
Historical period or affairs that represents aftermath of western colonialism
What is Postcolonialism?
Indian writer, physicist and ecologist
Who is Vanadana Shiva?
Written about to invoke activism and environmental awareness and focuses on capitalism, income inequality, food production, water rights
What is Climate Fiction?
Wrote about nonfiction and fiction environmentalism
Who are Stephanie LeMenager and Amitav Ghosh?
A Nigerian-American Author who wrote "Lagoon"
Who is Nnedi Okorafor?
American Author that wrote "Parable of the Sower"
Who was Octavia E. Butler?
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie
What are some examples of Postcolonial Literature?
Pultzer Prize finalist, writer in residence for Chicksaw Nation, and Professor Emerita at University of Colorado
Who is Linda Hogan?
Writes about the way our society is based around the production of fossil fuels which she calls petroculture
Who is Stephaine LeMenager?
Search for cure to pollution of planet's lagoon and waters
Why did the aliens in "Lagoon" come to Earth?
American author, poet & essayist who has won a Pulitzer Prize
Who was Barbara Kingsolver?
Explains that people should face climate change issues head on and just start with the root of the problem
What is Nonfiction Environmentalism?
Sea levels rising is due to human migration
Conservation efforts
Scientific efforts
What are some topics talked about in The Hungry Tide?
Hydrodam construction in 1971
What is the James Bay Project?
Displaced local Cree & Inuit communities
What is an effect caused by the James Bay Project?
1992
When was the "Parable of the Sower" published?
46 million people
How many people lived in Rural America in 2020?
Wrote non-fiction book called “The Great Derangement” where he encourages writers to address climate change
Who is Amitav Ghosh?
1880s
When did Climate Fiction first arise?
14% of the U.S. population
What percent of Americans live in rural areas?
Explored in Solar Storms
What is environmental degradation and dispossession of Native lands?
How land shapes our political and social landscapes
What does Linda Hogan's writting reflect?
April 8, 1955
When was Barbara Kingsolver born?
First written agreement protecting Indigenous rights in Canada
What was the James Bay & Northern Quebec Agreement?