Predator Politics: Coyote Wrenching in Edward Abbey’s Desert Solitaire and Barbara Kingsolver’s Prodigal Summer

SAGE Open

Mary Louisa Cappelli¹ 

关键词: Edward Abbey;    Barbara Kingsolver;    predator politics;    coyotes;    keystone predators;    ecocritcism;   

DOI  :  10.1177/2158244016679210

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

Edward Abbey’s Desert Solitaire and Barbara Kingsolver’s Prodigal Summer urges readers to see coyotes as crucial members of the natural community whose predation is essential for the maintenance of biodiversity and ecological stability. Their cultural production provides a human story of ecocritical engagement for understanding the cascading effects of removing top predators from their ecosystems. By envisioning biocentric possibilities within place-based and scientific contexts, Edward Abbey and Barbara Kingsolver share a common theme of political ecology: political processes shape ecological conditions. A close reading of Edward Abbey’s Desert Solitaire and Barbara Kingsolver’s Prodigal Summer provides a literary entryway to connect research, arguments, and discourse across disciplines tasking readers to engage in political discussions of environmental sustainability and to consider viable solutions to preserve the ecological diversity of our predator populations and ecosystems.

【 授权许可】

CC BY