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Indigenous Pacific Islander Eco-literatures
Paperback Edition: 1
From the The New Oceania Literary Series
In this anthology of contemporary eco-literature, the editors havegathered an ensemble of a hundred emerging, mid-career, andestablished Indigenous writers from Polynesia, Melanesia,Micronesia, and the global Pacific diaspora. This book itself is anecological form with rhizomatic roots and
blossoming branches.Within these pages, the reader will encounter a wild garden ofgenres, including poetry, chant, short fiction, novel excerpts,creative nonfiction, visual texts, and even a dramatic playallwritten in multilingual offerings of English, Pacific languages,pidgin, and translation. Seven main themes emerge: CreationStories and Genealogies, Ocean and Waterscapes, Land andIslands Flowers, Plants, and Trees, Animals andMore-than-Human Species, Climate Change and Environmental Justice. This aesthetic diversity embodies thebeautiful bio-diversity of the Pacific itself.The urgent voices in this book call us to attentiontoaction!at a time of great need. Pacific ecologies and the lives ofPacific Islanders are currently under existential threat due to thelegacy of environmental imperialism and the ongoing impacts ofclimate change. While Pacific writers celebrate the beauty andcultural symbolism of the ocean, islands, trees, and flowers, theyalso bravely address the frightening realities of rising sea levels,animal extinction, nuclear radiation, military contamination, andpandemics. Indigenous Pacific Islander Eco-Literatures reminds us that weare not alone; we are always in relation and always ecological.Humans, other species, and nature are interrelated; land andwater are central concepts of identity and genealogy; and Earth isthe sacred source of all life, and thus should be treated with loveand care. With this book as a trusted companion, we are inspiredand empowered to reconnect with the world as we navigatetowards a precarious yet hopeful future.
Pages : 424
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Publication date : 2022-08-31
Subjects: Fiction, Non-fiction, Published in Hawai'i, Contemporary, Pasifika, Fiction: Special Features, Pacific Politics, Pacific Natural History, Earth Science, Climate Change, Conservation Of The Environment, Conservation Of Wildlife & Habitats, Environmentalist Thought & Ideology