Ethics and Rhetoric of Invasion Ecology

The essays in this collection address the militaristic discourse deployed by humans against invasive species and consider alternative relationships of cohabitation.

Sommario

Introduction: When Species Invade
James K. Stanescu

1.Beyond the Management of Pe(s)ts: Zoomimicry in an Age of Catastrophic Environmental Change
Matthew Calarco

2.Alien Ecology, Or, How to Make Ontological Pluralism
James K. Stanescu

3.Guests, Pests, or Terrorists? Speciesed Ethics and the Colonial Intelligibility of "Invasive" Others
Rebekah Sinclair and Anna Pringle

4.The Judas Pig: How we Kill "Invasive Species" on the Excuse of "Protecting Nature"
Vasile Stanescu

5.Spectacles of Belonging: (Un)documenting Citizenship in a Multispecies World
Banu Subramaniam

6.Welcoming the Stranger: Coercive Reproduction and Invasive Species
Kelsey Cummings and Kevin Cummings

7.Paradise and Warfare: Aldo Leopold and the Rhetorical Origins of Restoration Ecology
Casey Schmitt

8.Rooting for the Unrooted: Invasive Species and Uncanny Ecosystems in Peter Carey's "Exotic Pleasures"
Mica Hilson

Info autore

Edited by James Stanescu and Kevin Cummings - Contributions by Matt Calarco; Kelsey Cummings; Mica Hilson; Angie Pringle; Rebekah Sinclair; Casey Schmitt; Vasile Stanescu and Banu Subramaniam

Riassunto

The essays in this collection address the militaristic discourse deployed by humans against invasive species and consider alternative relationships of cohabitation.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Kevin Cummings, James Cummings Stanescu
• Con la collaborazione di: Kevin Cummings (Editore), James Stanescu (Editore)
• Editore: Lexington Books
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.11.2016
• EAN: 9781498538305
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-3830-5
• Pagine: 188
• Serie: Ecocritical Theory and Practice; Ecocritical Theory and Practic; Ecocritical Theory and Practic; Ecocritical Theory and Practice
• Categoria: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Media, comunicazione > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie