READING CONTEMPORARY ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE: Narratives from Kerala

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Series Information
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
1 Introduction
	Ecocriticism: The Origins
	The Waves of Ecocriticism
	The Waves of Environmental Literature in Malayalam
	Notes
2 Oiko-Autobiographies: Subaltern Environmentalism in the Life Narratives of Four Ecoactivists
	Autobiographies: Definitions and the Nature Writing Traditions
	Raising the Land Question: C. K. Janu’s Mother Forest and Tribal Struggles in Kerala
	Fighting the Toxin: Leelakumariamma’s Jeevadayini and Kerala’s Endosulfan Disaster
	The Struggle for Water Democracy: Mayilamma: Oru Jeevitham and the Plachimada Anti–Coca-Cola Campaign
	Mangrove Man: The Ecoactivism of Kallen Pokkudan
	Notes
3 Toxic Fictions: Environmental Toxicity in Three Malayalam Novels
	Living With Toxins: Endosulfan Poisoning in Ambikasuthan Mangad’s Enmakaje (2009)
	Putrefied Waterscapes: Sarah Joseph’s Aathi (2011) and the Disruption of a Pastoral World
	Resisting the Diesel Power Plant: Environmental Pollution and Dipping Ground Water Levels in Balakrishnan Mangad’s Bhoomiyude Kannu (2004)
	Notes
4 Extractivist Fictions: Anti-Mining Struggles in Three Malayalam Novels
	Rising Sea Levels and Disappearing Villages: The Black Sand Mining in Manal Jeevikal (2013) By G. R. Indugopan
	Degrading Land and Lowering Water Table: Land Sand Extractivism in Manalazham (2015) By Hari Kurisseri
	Threatened Oikic and Sacred Spaces: Stone Quarrying in Kalpramanam (2014) By Rajeev Sivasankar
	Notes
5 Conclusion
Works Cited
Index