1st Edition
Reading Contemporary Environmental Justice Narratives from Kerala
By R. Sreejith Varma
Copyright 2023
164 Pages
by
Routledge
164 Pages
by
Routledge
164 Pages
by
Routledge
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This volume investigates 11 contemporary environmental justice narratives from Kerala, the south-western state in India. Introducing a detailed review of environmental literature in Malayalam, the selected eco-narratives are presented through two key literary genres: life narratives and novels, conveying the socio-environmental pressures, problems, and anxieties of modern, globalising Kerala.... Read more
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Oiko-autobiographies: Subaltern Environmentalism in the Life Narratives of Four Ecoactivists
Chapter 3: Toxic Fictions: Environmental Toxicity in Three Malayalam Novels
Chapter 4: Extractivist Fictions: Anti-mining Struggles in Three Malayalam Novels
Chapter 5: Conclusion
Biography
R. Sreejith Varma earned his PhD from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras in 2018, and also holds an MPhil in Comparative Literature and an MA in English from the University of Hyderabad. He currently works as an assistant professor in the Department of English, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore.
