Pollution Theory by Emily Mcavan
Using speculative modes like science fiction novels, film and modernist painting, this book investigates the ways that pollution has come to define every aspect of material life in the Anthropocene.
Offering eight concepts for making sense of the human impact on the planet - haze, flotsam, tumult, glare, emulsion, blight, splice and feral - this book explores the pollution of air, land, water, noise, light and bodily life. Examining texts by writers such as Octavia Butler, Kurt Vonnegut and JG Ballard, artists such as J.M.W Turner and James Turrell, and the television series Black Mirror, it argues that pollution is at the heart of our relationship to a planet that is no longer natural.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781350543997 |
| ISBN 10 | 1350543993 |
| Title | Pollution Theory |
| Author | Emily Mcavan |
| Series | Environmental Cultures Ser |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Year published | 2026-10-29 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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