Spectacle Earth - (Cultural Frames, Framing Culture) by Andrew Kalaidjian
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Highlights
- Artistic, literary, and technological depictions of the climate crisis and how they influence humanity's response What does it mean to watch a disaster unfold?
- About the Author: Andrew Kalaidjian is Associate Professor of English at California State University, Dominguez Hills, and the author of Exhausted Ecologies: Modernism and Environmental Recovery.
- 222 Pages
- Literary Criticism, Comparative Literature
- Series Name: Cultural Frames, Framing Culture
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About the Book
"This book examines artistic, literary, and technological depictions of climate change and how they influence humanity's response"--Book Synopsis
Artistic, literary, and technological depictions of the climate crisis and how they influence humanity's response What does it mean to watch a disaster unfold? Does exposure to a source of dread spur people to action or lull them into fatalism and complacency? Andrew Kalaidjian takes up these and other vital questions in Spectacle Earth, a lively and wide-ranging consideration of media engagement, passivity, and virtual environments in relation to ecological crises and climate change. Kalaidjian begins by tracing the long trajectory of environmental aesthetics and natural sciences that have led up to the Anthropocene. He then looks at the lessons learned from artist and activist movements of the 1960s and 1970s before laying out the new challenges in the digital age of artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and virtual reality. The result is groundbreaking, offering readers a new media literacy that goes beyond individual therapeutic experience to provide forms of expression that can lead to the sorts of solidarity and connection needed to change the planet for the better.About the Author
Andrew Kalaidjian is Associate Professor of English at California State University, Dominguez Hills, and the author of Exhausted Ecologies: Modernism and Environmental Recovery.Dimensions (Overall): 9.0 Inches (H) x 6.0 Inches (W) x .63 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.03 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Series Title: Cultural Frames, Framing Culture
Sub-Genre: Comparative Literature
Genre: Literary Criticism
Number of Pages: 222
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Format: Hardcover
Author: Andrew Kalaidjian
Language: English
Street Date: April 18, 2025
TCIN: 94480676
UPC: 9780813952710
Item Number (DPCI): 247-35-1494
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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