Life Writing in the Anthropocene

Name: Life Writing in the Anthropocene
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Life Writing in the AnthropoceneAuthor(s): Jessica White, Gillian Whitlock\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367704339, 978-0367704339\nSynopsis\nLife Writing in the Anthropocene is a collection of timely and original approaches to the question of what constitutes a life, how that life is narrated, and what lives matter in autobiography studies in the Anthropocene. This era is characterised by the geoengineering impact of humans, which is shaping the planets biophysical systems through the combustion of fossil fuels, production of carbon, unprecedented population growth, and mass extinction. These developments threaten the rights of humans and other-than-humans to just and sustainable lives. \n\nIn exploring ways of representing life in the Anthropocene, this work articulates innovative literary forms such as ecobiography (the representation of a human subject's entwinement with their environment), phytography (wr.