Oakley, K orcid.org/0000-0002-5225-0410, Ward, J orcid.org/0000-0003-3726-9217 and Christie, I (2018) Engaging the imagination: ‘new nature writing’, collective politics and the environmental crisis. Environmental Values, 27 (6). pp. 687-705. ISSN 0963-2719
Abstract
This paper explores the potential of ‘new nature writing’ – a literary genre currently popular in the UK – as a kind of arts activism, in particular, how it might engage with the environmental crisis and lead to a kind of collective politics. We note the limitations of the genre, notably the reproduction of class, gender and ethnic hierarchies, the emphasis on nostalgia and loss, and the stress on individual responses rather than collective politics. But we also take seriously the claims of art to enable us to imagine other futures, suggesting that new nature writing has the potential to play a role in collective forms of environmental justice and capabilities.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2017 The White Horse Press. This is a pre-copy-editing, author-produced PDF of an article accepted following peer review for publication in Environmental Values. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | poltics; the arts; capabilities; justice |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > Performance and Cultural Industries (Leeds) The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Media & Communication (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number ESRC ES/M010163/1 ESRC ES/M010163/1 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 22 Sep 2017 09:59 |
Last Modified: | 09 Nov 2018 10:29 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | White Horse Press |
Identification Number: | 10.3197/096327118X15343388356383 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:121524 |