The Nerves and their Endings

The body as a measuring tool for planetary harm. A nervous system under increasing stress. In this urgent collection that moves from the personal to the political and back again, writer, activist, and migrant Jessica Gaitan Johannesson explores how we respond to crises. She draws parallels between an eating disorder and environmental neurosis, examines the perils of an activist movement built on non-parenthood, dissects the privilege of how we talk about hope, and more. The synapses that spark between these essays connect essential narratives of response and responsibility, community and choice, belonging and bodies. They carry vital signals.

About the author

Jessica Gaitán Johannesson grew up between Sweden, Colombia, and Ecuador. She’s a bookseller and an activist working for climate justice, and lives in Edinburgh. Her first novel, How We Are Translated, was longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize.

Product details

• Authors: Jessica Gaitán Johannesson, Jessica Gaitan Johannesson
• Publisher: Scribe Publications
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.08.2022
• EAN: 9781913348656
• ISBN: 978-1-913348-65-6
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; SCIENCE / Global Warming & Climate Change, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, SELF-HELP / Green Lifestyle, Climate Change, NATURE / Essays, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disasters & Disaster Relief, PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology, natural history, Environmentalist thought & ideology, Social, group or collective psychology, Social impact of environmental issues, Social impact of disasters, Nature and the natural world: general interest, Human Geography, Environmentalist thought and ideology