The Symbolic Earth

, by Cantrill, James G.; Oravec, Christine L.

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ISBN: 9780813108834 | 0813108837
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 8/29/1996

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Believing that the environment is largely a product of how we talk about the world, the contributors to The Symbolic Earth argue that the only hope we have of preserving the environment is to understand and alter the fundamental ways we discuss it.

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Introduction	p. 1
Tracking the Elusive Jeremiad: The Rhetorical Character of American Environmental Discourse	p. 9
Naturalizing Communication and Culture	p. 38
To Stand Outside Oneself: The Sublime in the Discourse of Natural Scenery	p. 58
Perceiving Environmental Discourse: The Cognitive Playground	p. 76
Environmental Advocacy in the Corridors of Government	p. 95
Retalking Environmental Discourses from a Feminist Perspective: The Radical Potential of Ecofeminism	p. 123
"What to Do with the Mountain People?": The Darker Side of the Successful Campaign to Establish the Great Smoky Mountains National Park	p. 151
Plastics as a "Natural Resource": Perspective by Incongruity for an Industry in Crisis	p. 176
Valuation Analysis in Environmental Policy Making: How Economic Models Limit Possibilities for Environmental Advocacy	p. 198
Liberal and Pragmatic Trends in the Discourse of Green Consumerism	p. 219
The Mass Media "Discover" the Environment: Influences on Environmental Reporting in the First Twenty Years	p. 241
Media Frames and Environmental Discourse: The Case of "Focus: Logjam"	p. 257
List of Contributors	p. 278
Index	p. 281
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