{"product_id":"9781350543997","title":"Pollution Theory Reading Toxic Entanglement in the Anthropocene","description":"\u003ch3\u003eEnvironmental Cultures\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003ePollution Theory\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eReading Toxic Entanglement in the Anthropocene\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eEmily McAvan | Richard Kerridge | Greg Garrard\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\u003eUsing speculative modes like science fiction novels, film and modernist painting, this book investigates the ways that pollution has come to define every aspect of material life in the Anthropocene.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOffering eight concepts for making sense of the human impact on the planet - haze, flotsam, tumult, glare, solution, blight, splice and feral - this book explores the pollution of air, land, water, noise, light and bodily life.  Examining texts by writers such as Octavia Butler, Kurt Vonnegut and JG Ballard, artists such as J.M.W Turner and  James Turrell, and the television series \u003ci\u003eBlack Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e, it argues that pollution is at the heart of our relationship to a planet that is no longer natural.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eEmily McAvan \u003c\/b\u003eis Teaching Fellow at Deakin University in Melbourne, Australia.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e29 April 2027\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\u003e9781350543997\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\u003e256\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":51965743562892,"sku":"9781350543997","price":103.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_9f86b3f0-35eb-4a85-8951-58648a04428b.jpg?v=1786071048","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781350543997","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}