Methods for Ecocritical Art History

<p><b>An indispensable survey of methods in ecocritical art histor</b><b>y.</b><br><br>Ecocriticism is one of the most important and exciting developments in current art history. This is the first book to provide a survey of its methods, showing what they can offer art historians. It also indicates what the interdisciplinary project of ecocriticism stands to gain from art historians, their methods and practices.<br><br>The book assembles twenty-three essays written by international scholars that span a wide range of methodological approaches, including ecofeminism, planetary ecologies, material ecocriticism, ecopolitics, and indigenous ecopoetics. The essays are framed by a series of editorial introductions that provide orientation within a disciplinary territory that is still in a state of flux. Written in clear, jargon-free language, they are accompanied by thematically arranged lists of bibliographies to facilitate further study and empower readers to approach the study of art enriched with ecocritical tools.<br><br>This book is an indispensable resource for art history in the twenty-first century.<br><br>Parts of this book are open access and can be read on our platform manchesterhive here: https://www.manchesterhive.com/display/9781526180582/9781526180582.xml</p>