Fictions of Ecoterror
Radical Environmentalism in US-American Literature and Film
1st Edition
Will be published approx. on 30. September 2026
260 pages
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978-3-8394-4392-7 (ISBN)
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Since the emergence of radical environmentalism in the United States and its representation in popular fiction, two major ruptures in the cultural imaginary can be identified: on the one hand shaped by 9/11, and on the other by the intensifying climate crisis. Sarah Marek analyzes this development in US American literature and film from 1975 to 2023. Drawing on a range of texts from The Monkey Wrench Gang to How to Blow Up a Pipeline, she demonstrates how fictional portrayals of eco-activists oscillate between reaffirming dominant understandings of environmentalism as »ecoterrorism« and critically intervening in prevailing terrorism discourses that reassess radical activism.
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Sarah Marak, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Deutschland
Sarah Marak is a lecturer in American studies at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg. Among her research areas and interests are the environmental humanities, critical terrorism studies, social movements, and sentimentality.
