{"product_id":"swamp-souths-literary-and-cultural-ecologies-9780807172384","title":"Swamp Souths: Literary and Cultural Ecologies","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSwamp Souths: Literary and Cultural Ecologies\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Across seventeen scholarly essays, along with a critical introduction and afterword, \u003ci\u003eSwamp Souths\u003c\/i\u003e introduces new frameworks for thinking about swamps in the South and beyond, with an 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 \u003ci\u003eBeasts of the Southern Wild\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMy Louisiana Love\u003c\/i\u003e, and music ranging from swamp rock and zydeco to Beyonc 's visual album \u003ci\u003eLemonade\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kirstin L. Squint\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e LSU Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/04\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Southern Literary Studies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.3lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.15h x 6.30w x 1.16d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807172384","brand":"LSU Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43311333048457,"sku":"9780807172384","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_499620c6-bd4f-41c7-bed1-6329eb72c3e7.jpg?v=1738052952","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/swamp-souths-literary-and-cultural-ecologies-9780807172384","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}