Literatures, Cultures, and the Environment: Ancient, Traditional, Contemporary

Giblett, Rod

Traditional cultures have a long and vital association with wetlands as sacred places imbued with spiritual and ceremonial significance that provide physical sustenance and sources of materials in paludiculture. Ancient Greek and Roman cultures denigrated wetlands as places of disease, terror, horror, the hellish and the monstrous. Judeo-Christian theology was syncretized with them into the mainstream denigration of wetlands. Wetlands are a marginalized community, an oppressed minority and non-binary, queer bodies of water. 

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2024-06-22

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9783031573644

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-57365-1

Dimensions: 210cm x148cm

Pages: 252