The Environment in Sustainable American Studies by Frank Mehring

The Environment in Sustainable American Studies by Frank Mehring

The Environment in Sustainable American Studiesoffers a multifaceted exploration of the environment within American Studies, featuring contributions that scrutinize the intricate relationship between culture, power, and the environment. This book presents a cutting-edge exploration of the current landscape of environmental American studies from transatlantic perspectives. It investigates this field through diverse lenses-interdisciplinary, transnational, and activist-bringing together scholars and artists from both sides of the Atlantic. Structured in four parts, this book opens with an in-depth analysis of ecological poetics intertwined with settler colonialism in regional fictions, revealing the nuanced complexities of environmental interconnectedness in literature. Further topics include environmental justice, Indigenous activism, the role of the humanities and the arts in addressing climate change, and the impact of flora and fauna in the Anthropocene. It also examines literature's engagement with environmental concerns and the integration of local and global ecologies within the American Studies curriculum. This book concludes with a part dedicated to art and climate change, in which artists, curators, and activists provide critical insights into how art can reorient our focus toward pressing environmental challenges and inspire transformative shifts in our ways of living. Providing a holistic approach to the environment in American studies, this book is suitable for students, researchers, and academics across a range of disciplines, including American studies, literary studies, environmental studies, cultural studies, and politics.

Frank Mehring is Professor of American Studies at Radboud University in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. His research focuses on cultural transfer, migration, intermediality, and the global circulation of American music. A founding member of the EAAS Digital Studies Network and the journal AmLit—American Literatures, he has received several distinctions for his scholarship, including the EAAS Rob Kroes Award. Frank currently serves as President of the Netherlands American Studies Association, sits on the board of the European Association for American Studies, and acts as Regional Director of the German Atlantic Association. His major publications include Sphere Melodies (2003), The Democratic Gap (2014), The Soundtrack of Liberation (2015), Sound and Vision: Intermediality and American Music (2018, with Erik Redling), The Multicultural Modernism of Winold Reiss (2022), and Beuys Land (2024, with Gerd Ludwig). Deeply committed to public engagement, Frank has curated concerts featuring Marshall Plan and liberation songs, organized traveling exhibitions, and presented his work on national radio and television.

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ISBN 13	9781041016878
ISBN 10	1041016875
Title	The Environment in Sustainable American Studies
Author	Frank Mehring
Series	Routledge Studies In World Literatures And The Environment
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Routledge
Year published	2026-06-30
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