Erosion: American Environments and the Anxiety of Disappearance

by Gina Caison

Book Overview

In Erosion, Gina Caison traces how American authors and photographers have grappled with soil erosion as a material reality that shapes narratives of identity, belonging, and environment. Examining canonical American texts and photography including The Grapes of Wrath, Octavia Butler's Parable series, John Audubon's Louisiana writings, and Dorothea Lange's Migrant Mother, Caison shows how concerns over erosion reveal anxieties...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 147802691X
• ISBN13: 9781478026914
• Release Date: November 2024
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"