Lexington Books
Pages: 320
Trim: 6¼ x 9⅜
978-1-66695-156-1 • Hardback • February 2024 • $125.00 • (£96.00)
978-1-66695-157-8 • eBook • February 2024 • $45.00 • (£35.00)
Suhasini Vincent is associate professor (maître de conférences) at Paris Pantheon Assas University where she teaches Legal English.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Chapter 1: Earth Rise: A Voice for Our Blue Planet
Chapter 2: Anthropocene – The Clock Ticks
Chapter 3: Animals in The Forum
Chapter 4: Water in Peril – Day Zero
Chapter 5: The Flame of The Forest
Chapter 6: Solastalgic Earth Emotions
Chapter 7: The Seeds of the Future
Chapter 8: Children of The Stars – The Symbiocene
Glossary of Climate Science
Glossary of Ecocriticism
Glossary of Indian Words
Glossary of Legal English Terms
Bibliography
About the Author
Suhasini Vincent takes you on a compelling journey through both time (from the Anthropocene to the Symbiocene) and space (from a global context to the postcolonial India she knows so well). Her holistic approach contains a polyphony of voices, perspectives, and disciplines (from law and economics to literature and the media) intertwining effortlessly through an original mix of Indian eco-critical narratives and a panorama of genres. This book is impressively researched and highly engaging with its clear, lively prose.
— Marta Dvořák, University Professor Emeritus, Sorbonne, Author of The Faces of Carnival in Anita Desai’s In Custody
Suhasini Vincent's Earth Polyphony constitutes a crucial intervention at the crossroads between environmental, legal, societal and literary realms. Not only does it show how connected these various issues may be - the author also shows how recasting configurations of justice, nature, communities and textual practices allows us to project a better future. Vincent's privileged insight into Indian realities resonates in each and every page while her thorough investigation into new fields of academic research offers a fresh and astute perspective. This volume will be rather useful to students, academics, and the general public interested in Indian worlds and their diasporic extensions.
— Kerry-Jane Wallart, University of Orléans