Anthropocene Childhoods: Speculative Fiction, Racialization, and Climate Crisis

by Emily Ashton

Book Overview

This open access book brings together the disciplines of childhood studies, literary studies, and the environmental humanities to focus on the figure of the child as it appears in popular culture and theory. Drawing on theoretical works by Clare Colebrook, Elizabeth Povinelli, Kathryn Yusoff, Donna Haraway and Bruno Latour the book offers creative readings of sci-fi novels, short stories and films including Frankenstein, Handmaid's Tale, The Girl...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350262420
• ISBN13: 9781350262423
• Release Date: May 2024
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"