What to Read Now: New Ways of Being in Contemporary Eco-Lit

Readers can't help but root for the compassionate and fierce Peridot as she strikes out with her (human-friendly) animal family members to find out just what good her powers can bring. Through spare and circumspect prose, translated into English by Sarah Moses, Bazterrica not only invites reade...

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Published in:World Literature Today 2023, Vol.97 (1), p.22-23
Main Author: Copenhaver, A. E
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
African Americans
Animals
Atrocities
Oppression
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Summary:Readers can't help but root for the compassionate and fierce Peridot as she strikes out with her (human-friendly) animal family members to find out just what good her powers can bring. Through spare and circumspect prose, translated into English by Sarah Moses, Bazterrica not only invites readers to reconsider the dynamics of power surrounding the industry of meat but also to draw our attention to the language we use to normalize the practice of consuming flesh from an enslaved and once-living being. In a time when the impacts of climate change exacerbate existing systems of oppression and social inequities to create new and more damaging injustices for historically marginalized people, Clark's collection could not be more powerful and necessary.
ISSN:0196-3570
1945-8134
1945-8134
DOI:10.1353/wlt.2023.0007