{"product_id":"9781350521681","title":"Agony of Water in an Age of Climate Change Eco-Dimensions in the Blue Humanities","description":"\u003ch3\u003eBlue Humanities\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eAgony of Water in an Age of Climate Change\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eEco-Dimensions in the Blue Humanities\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSimon C. Estok | Steve Mentz | Serpil Oppermann\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ Subjects \u0026amp; Themes \/ Nature\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExamining how water \u003ci\u003eappears \u003c\/i\u003eto humanity (its forms) and how humanity \u003ci\u003eapprehends\u003c\/i\u003e it (our perceptual horizons), this book proposes a methodology for better understanding and conceptualizing our relationship to water in an age characterized by climate change.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Water-the very basis of life-is under threat all over the planet, and this book offers critical understandings of how our thinking prevents us from addressing this very real danger. Structured around important 'watery' concepts such as flood, drought, circulation, melt, plastic, and resilience, it examines literary and filmic texts from a variety of writers and directors such as Amitav Ghosh, J.G. Ballard, Zora Neale Hurston, and Carolina Caycedo.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Offering a rigorous treatment of water at its most unruly - that is, when, water fails to behave as humans need or expect it to - this book enriches both our understanding of climate change and the challenge of perceiving it, with respect to one of life's most crucial elements.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSimon C. Estok \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor and Senior Research Fellow at Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, South Korea.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e10 December 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350521681\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e272\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51669645852812,"sku":"9781350521681","price":103.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_f1515e1a-71cf-4007-ac23-5fa8a9aeacc4.jpg?v=1785203218","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781350521681","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}