Despite the vibrant development of the field of ecocriticism on the island of Taiwan, there has, as yet, been no single volume in English dedicated to illustrating Taiwan’s important contributions to international ecocriticism, especially the emerging "vernacular" trend in the field that emphasizes the significance of local perspectives and styles, including non-western, aboriginal, and comparative approaches. Ecocriticism in Taiwan provides a model for a more nuanced version of the locale-specific, vernacular thinking about the environment, art, and human identity.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction - Chia-ju Chang and Scott Slovic
Section One: Island Identities, Eco-postcolonial Historiography, and Alter(native) Strategies
1.Going Back into a Future of Simplicity: Taiwan Aborigines' Sustainable Utilization of Natural resources - Ming-tu Yang
2.(W)ri(gh)ting Climate Change in Neqou Soqluman's Work - Hsinya Huang
3.Taiwanese Mountain and River Literature from a Postcolonial Perspective - Peter I-min Huang
4.Taiwan Is A Whale: The Emerging Oneness of Dark Blue and Human Identity in Chia-Hsiang Wang's Historical Fiction - Shu-fen Tsai
5.Agrarian Origin Stories, National Imaginaries, and the Ironies of Modern Environmentalism: On Chi-Po Lin's Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above - Hannes Bergthaller
Section Two: Slow Violence, Creative Activism, and Environmental Movements
6.Toxic Objects, Slow Violence, and the Ethics of Trans-Corporeality in Chi Wen-Chang's The Poisoned Sky - Robin Chen-hsing Tsai
7.Imagining the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and Spectacles of Environmental Disaster: Envir
