Global problems, local theory: moving beyond particularity and eco-exceptionalism to action in ecocriticism

Foreign Literature Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-12

  Estok, Simon C ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Activism; Apocalypticism; Ecocriticism; Ecophobia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880673315     PISSN: 10037519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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