Climate Change Fiction and Ecocultural Crisis: The Industrial Revolution to the Present (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781647791599)

Concentrating on a powerful, emerging genre, Tatiana Konrad's Climate Change Fiction and Ecocultural Crisis provides a survey of popular narratives that further our understanding of climate change in contemporary fiction. Konrad advocates for the expansion and redefinition of the cli-fi genre and argues that industrial fiction from the nineteenth century is the first example of climate change fiction. Tracing the ways through which cli-fi outlines a history of our modern ecocultural crisis, this book demonstrates how the genre employs four major thematic clusters to achieve this narrative: weather, science, religion, and place.

Focusing on a diverse range of issues, including fossil fuels, cheap energy, the intricacies of human-more-than-human relationships, and postcolonial geographies, Konrad illustrates how cli-fi transcends mere storytelling. The genre ultimately emerges as an important means to forecast, imagine, and contemplate climatic events.

The book invites a broadening of the environmental humanities discourse, asking readers not only to deepen their understanding of the current climate crisis, but also to consider how cli-fi culture can be viewed as an effective method to address climate change.


Author: Tatiana Konrad
ISBN-10: 1647791596
ISBN-13: 9781647791599
Publisher: University of Nevada Press
Language: English
Published: 09/24/2024
Pages: 258
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.70h x 5.80w x 0.60d