Foodscapes of the Anthropocene: Literary Perspectives from Asia (Studies in Literature, Culture, and the Environment / Studien zu Literatur, Kultur und Umwelt)

By Hannes Bergthaller One of the most important drivers of the Anthropocene was a radical shift in what and how people eat. Industrial agriculture and meat production, new ways of processing, packaging, and distributing food, and the globalization of culinary habits not only upended traditional lifeways around the world but also continue to play a key role in climate change, biodiversity loss, and various other processes that are transforming the Earth system – now rendering food production increasingly precarious. Nowhere have these changes been more dramatic or consequential than in Asia.The essays in this volume examine how literary works from the Asian continent have responded to the profound changes in the region’s foodscapes. They cover poetry, prose fiction, and literary non-fiction from China, India, Japan, South Korea, the Philippines, and Taiwan. Product Details Publisher ‏ : ‎ Peter Lang; 1st edition (February 29, 2024) Language ‏ : ‎ English Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 208 pages ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 3631847068 ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-3631847060