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Situated between Europe and Asia, and surrounded by three seas, Turkey comprises a diverse environmental and cultural tapestry. Ecocriticism and Turkey is the first in-depth study to explore Turkish literary and cultural engagements with the environment. Ergin examines a wide range of ecocritical issues across four thematically organized chapters: "Sea," "Climate," "Routes," and "Animals." Each chapter addresses various dimensions of anthropogenic ecological change and highlights the role of literature in inspiring hope and action.
The book takes readers on various journeys from the coasts of the Aegean Sea to the mountains of Eastern Anatolia. Ergin converses with both twentieth-century writers to shed new light on familiar texts and contemporary writers to capture emerging perspectives, including Rum, Laz, Kurdish, and Armenian voices in her discussion. The study is further enriched by an interdisciplinary inquiry that brings literature into dialogue with climate science, political history, underwater photography, folk music, and bio-art.
Contents
Introduction
1: Sea Cultures
i. The Turkish Mediterranean
ii. Aegean Crossings: Bodies and Routes
iii. The Marmara Sea and Island Cultures
2. Mountain Cultures from West to East
i. Wanderlust: The Culture of Walking
ii. Walking, Mountaineering and Ecotourism
iii. Taking to the Mountains: Exile and Elegy
3. Land Degradation and Its Discontents
i. Land Industries and Social Resistance
ii. Vulnerable Lands: Earthquakes, Droughts, Fires
4. Of Humans and Animals
i. Human-Animal Entanglements
ii. Extinction, Mourning, Elegy
iii. Zoopoetics and Conteporary Turkish Poetry
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