Ecocritical Geopolitics

<p>What is the role of popular culture in shaping our discourse about the multifaceted system of material things subjects and causal agents that we call environment?<i> Ecocritical Geopolitics</i> offers a new theoretical perspective and approach to the analysis of environmental discourse in popular culture. It combines ecocriticial and critical geopolitical approaches to explore three main themes: dystopian visions the relationship between the human post-human and nature and speciesism and carnism. </p><p>The importance of popular culture in the construction of geopolitical discourse is widely recognized. From ecocriticism we also appreciate that literature cinema or theatre can offer a mirror of what the individual author wants to communicate about the relationship between the human being and what can be defined as non-human. This book provides an analysis of environmental discourses with the theoretical tools of critical geopolitics and the analytical methodology of ecocriticism. It develops and disseminates a new scientific approach defined as ecocritical geopolitics to offer an idea of the power of popular culture in the realization of environmental discourse. </p><p>Referencing sources as diverse as <em>The Road</em> <em>The Shape of Water</em> <em>Lady and the Tramp</em> and TV cooking shows this book will be of great interest to students and scholars of geography environmental studies film studies and environmental humanities.</p>