Brave New Words: How Literature Will Save the Planet

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abolition, 40, 43, 44–45, 47–60, 62–65, 66, 72–73, 75–76, 150, 169 Abu Ghraib Prison, 126, 134 activism: environmental justice, 69, 105–107, 110, 113, 117, 126, 129, 133, 134, 141, 143, 147, 148, 169–70; humanities and, 3, 4, 5, 10, 15, 35, 46–47, 70, 72; literary tradition, 14–15, 38–39, 51, 72–73, 75, 76, 92–93, 167, 169, 172; spiritual values and, 19–29, 50, 61–62, 65, 125, 126–28, 129, 132, 135–38, 172–74. See also racism/antiracism; teaching African American, 34, 37, 49–51, 52– 55, 58–61, 67, 69, 70–73, 79–80, 84, 86, 87, 92–93, 94, 96, 98, 99, 128–29, 131–33 Alexie, Sherman, 39 American Indian Movement, 41, 87 Angelou, Maya, 69 antiracism. See racism/antiracism Apess, William, 38, 39–44, 47, 48, 52, 58, 65, 72, 73, 74, 76, 127, 155, 159, 167, 169, 172, 173 Arab American, 85, 90 Armstrong, Karen, 7, 53, 54, 77, 126 Asian American, 67–68, 76, 77, 79, 85, 87, 90, 93, 144, 150–56 atheism, 23, 67 Awiakta, Marilou, 19, 28–29, 45, 61, 62, 64, 94, 105, 136, 150, 167, 168, 169 Baldwin, James, 39, 51, 52 Belasco, Susan, 60 Bhopal, 143 biopiracy. See food justice Index 192 i n de x Berry, Wendell, 38, 39, 109, 124–25, 126, 127, 144 Brodkin, Karen, 78 Brown, John, 61, 64–66, 69, 70, 72, 75, 126 Brown, Lois, 70 Browne, Prince, Jr., 78, 80 Buell, Lawrence, 53 Butler, Judith, 5 Cannon, Katie Geneva, 24, 25, 27, 58, 60, 126, 127, 128 capitalism, 25, 70, 74, 88–89, 92, 98, 103, 104, 109, 112, 120, 125, 128, 138, 141, 144, 146, 147, 149, 163. See also food justice; globalization; Marxism Cervantes, Lorna Dee, 78 Chávez, César, 66, 113 Chicano/a, 67, 79, 85, 87, 93, 99, 112– 18, 125–26 Child, Lydia Maria, 38, 39, 41, 49, 51, 75 Chow, Rey, 16, 81 Christianity: beliefs, 21–23, 27, 42, 43, 49, 50, 52, 56–57, 95, 124, 125, 128, 137, 155; critique of, 15, 23, 27, 42, 43, 59, 61, 73, 95, 103, 126–28, 137, 147–48, 164; fundamentalism, 10, 11, 18, 25, 50. See also JudeoChristian colonialism, 12, 33, 84, 91, 92, 93, 103, 104, 114, 116–22, 134, 138, 142, 144, 159, 160–61 color blindness, 81–84 Cone, James, 19, 24, 25, 27, 44, 50, 58, 60, 61, 75, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128 corridos, 67, 76 Crane, Stephen, 92 deconstruction. See poststructuralism Deloria, Vine, Jr., 19, 27–28, 64, 109, 121, 122, 137, 139, 147–48, 149, 167, 171–72 despair. See hope dissent, 37–39, 61–68, 72. See also activism; revolution diversity. See multiculturalism Douglass, Frederick, 38, 49, 60, 66, 75, 174 Du Bois, W. E. B., 38, 45, 51, 69, 75, 92, 103, 104 ecocriticism, 107, 130, 147, 170 ecofeminism, 130 ecosocialism, 109, 147. See also Kovel, Joel ecowarriors, 166, 173 environmental: devastation, 12, 25, 33, 127, 130–31, 133, 134, 139, 140, 142, 143, 146, 148, 152, 159–61; job blackmail, 112, 118, 135, 145; justice , 25, 26, 69, 70, 105–10, 111– 14, 116–18, 119, 125–26, 131, 133, 134, 137, 142–46, 150–74; values, 1, 25, 69, 70, 105, 109–10, 120–26, 127, 128–32, 135–37, 147–49, 150, 152, i n de x 193 164, 166–74. See also ecocriticism; ecofeminism; ecosocialism; eco-­ warriors; food justice; urban ecology Espada, Martín, 38, 74 feminism, 3, 8, 10, 28–29, 52, 74, 82, 87, 97, 105, 123–24, 130, 139, 170 Ferrante, Joan, 78, 80 Fish, Stanley, 31–32 food justice, 27, 103, 104, 107, 113, 118, 143–46, 150, 151, 157, 160–61 Frankenberg, Ruth, 78 Franklin, Benjamin, 65, 115, 124 Fugitive Slave Act, 52, 63 fundamentalism: postmodern, 3, 6, 7–8, 10–11, 14, 18, 19, 22, 23, 26, 27– 28, 29, 47, 162, 168–70; religious, 2, 7, 9, 10–11, 18, 19, 30–31, 50, 54, 168 Gandhi, Mahatma, 59, 64 Garrison, William Lloyd, 40, 49, 59, 66, 75–76 Gates, Henry Louis, Jr., 70 gay/lesbian, 3, 5, 32, 47, 87, 97, 98–99, 105, 170. See also homophobia genocide. See holocaust/genocide Ghost Dance, 166, 173. See also Wounded Knee; Wovoka Gilman, Charlotte Perkins, 38, 92 globalization, 104, 105, 108, 111, 117, 125, 140–47, 149, 151, 152, 154...