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Showing 1 to 2 of 2 for “"ecophobia"”.
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"That Hateful Prairie Wind": Violence and Ecophobia in Twentieth Century American Gothic
… defines and exemplifies Simon Estok’s term, “ecophobia,” which refers to fear and contempt of the natural world, as a way of understanding human relationships with the nonhuman world. This thesis also examines ecophobic tendencies of characters in two twentieth century Gothic novels, Toni …
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Ecoconscious: Skilful Sensing in Young Adult Fantasy Literature
… perpetuating human exceptionalism and ecophobia through their sensory descriptions and instead encourage skilful embodied participation in nature. The first chapter studies how focalisation can present sight as an embodied, relational skill. In J.K. Rowling’s "Harry Potter" series and …