Found in Alberta: Environmental Themes for the Anthropocene
About this ebook
The essays examine the oil/tar sands, climate change, provincial government policy, food production, industry practices, legal frameworks, wilderness spaces, hunting, Indigenous perspectives, and nuclear power. Contributions from an ecocritical perspective provide insight into environmentally themed poetry, photography, and biography.
Since the actions of Alberta’s industries and government are currently at the heart of a global environmental debate, this collection is valuable to those wishing to understand the natural and commercial forces in play. The editors present an introductory argument that frames these interests inside a call for a rethinking of our assumptions about the natural world and our place within it.
About the author
Robert Boschman is a professor of English, Languages, and Cultures at Mount Royal University, Calgary. He is the author of In the Way of Nature: Ecology and Westward Expansion in the Poetry of Anne Bradstreet, Elizabeth Bishop, and Amy Clampitt (2009) and co-editor with Mario Trono of Found in Alberta: Environmental Themes for the Anthropocesne (WLU Press, 2014).
Mario Trono studies visual cultures from an environmental perspective. He co-edited (with Robert Boschman) Found in Alberta: Environmental Themes for the Anthropocene (2014). Mario was a co-founder of Under Western Skies, a biennial, interdisciplinary conference on the environment and teaches at Mount Royal University.
