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001 2008022938
003 DLC
005 20141122075631.0
008 080522s2008 txuab b s001 0 eng
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020 $a089672638X (alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn230915757
035 $a(OCoLC)230915757
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050 00 $aPS169.E25$bL96 2008
082 00 $a810.9/979$222
100 1 $aLynch, Tom.
245 10 $aXerophilia :$becocritical explorations in southwestern literature /$cTom Lynch ; foreword by Scott Slovic.
260 $aLubbock, Tex. :$bTexas Tech University Press,$cc2008.
300 $axviii, 264 p. :$bill., map ;$c22 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [241]-251) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction: The Southwest : from region to bioregions -- Acequia culture : watershed consciousness and environmental justice in the literature of the upper Rio Grande bioregion -- Border(home)lands : bioregional readings in border literature -- Dignifying the overlooked : invertebrates in southwestern literature -- Re-sensing place : ecological aesthetics, embodied experience, and environmental literature -- Conclusion: Saving Tortugas Arroyo : are words enough?
520 $a"Ecocritical study of multicultural literature of the American Southwest, Xerophilia centers on the love of desert places to examine how Southwestern writers contribute to a sustainable bioregional culture. Analyzes a variety of genres in terms of environmental justice theory, phenomenology, border studies, ethnography, entomology, conservation biology, environmental history, and ecoaesthetics"--Provided by publisher.
650 0 $aEnvironmental literature$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aAmerican literature$zSouthwest, New$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aEcocriticism.
650 0 $aHuman ecology in literature.
650 0 $aEnvironmental protection in literature.
650 0 $aDeserts in literature.
651 0 $aSouthwest, New$xIn literature.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0819/2008022938.html