ABSTRACT
The Routledge Handbook of Crime Fiction and Ecology is the first comprehensive examination of crime fiction and ecocriticism. Across 33 innovative chapters from leading international scholars, this Handbook considers an emergent field of contemporary crime narratives that are actively responding to a diverse assemblage of global environmental concerns, whilst also opening up ‘classic’ crime fictions and writers to new ecocritical perspectives. Rigorously engaged with cutting-edge critical trends, it places the familiar staples of crime fiction scholarship – from thematic to formal approaches – in conversation with a number of urgent ecological theories and ideas, covering subjects such as environmental security, environmental justice, slow violence, ecofeminism and animal studies. The Routledge Handbook of Crime Fiction and Ecology is an essential introduction to this new and dynamic research field for both students and scholars alike.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|78 pages
Space and Topography
part II|86 pages
Bodies and Violence
chapter 8|12 pages
Green Machinations
chapter 9|13 pages
“Scorched Earth”
chapter 10|11 pages
“Animals Taking Revenge”
chapter 11|12 pages
Protecting the Rhinos and Our Young Democracy
chapter 12|12 pages
“Look at Mother Nature on the Run”
part III|87 pages
Epistemologies
chapter 14|12 pages
“Holmes, That's Some Santa Claus Shit”
part IV|91 pages
Criminality and Justice
chapter 22|13 pages
Criminal Violences
chapter 25|13 pages
A Form of Wild Justice
chapter 27|10 pages
New Energy, Old Crime
part V|78 pages
Energy, Globality and Circulation