Lost Chances? Re-Negotiating Forest Activism in the Anthropocene

Authors

  • Sarah Marak Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5283/copas.340

Keywords:

Environmental Activism, Climate change, Anthropocene, ‘Ecoterrorism’, Literary representation, Art

Abstract

This essay examines the recent cultural revisit of previous forms of forest activism. Focusing on the 2019 Austrian art installation “For Forest” by Klaus Littmann and the 2018 novel The Overstory“ by American novelist Richard Powers, the article takes a closer look at the representation of, and reactions to, eco-activism and shows how discrediting representations and backlash against such activism blocks the development of an ecological consciousness.

Author Biography

Sarah Marak, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

Department of English and American Studies, Chair of American Studies (Culture and Literature); Research Assistant and Doctoral Researcher

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Published

2021-06-16

How to Cite

Marak, Sarah. “Lost Chances? Re-Negotiating Forest Activism in the Anthropocene”. Current Objectives of Postgraduate American Studies, vol. 22, no. 1, June 2021, pp. 45-64, doi:10.5283/copas.340.

Issue

Vol. 22 No. 1 (2021): Embracing the Loss of Nature: Searching for Responsibility in an Age of Crisis

Section

Articles

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