How the Earth Feels: Geological Fantasy in the Nineteenth-Century United States

In How the Earth Feels Dana Luciano examines the impacts of the new science of geology on...
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How the Earth Feels: Geological Fantasy in the Nineteenth-Century United States by Luciano, Dana

How the Earth Feels: Geological Fantasy in the Nineteenth-Century United States

$96.65

How the Earth Feels: Geological Fantasy in the Nineteenth-Century United States

$96.65
Author: Dana Luciano
Format: Paperback
Language: English
In How the Earth Feels Dana Luciano examines the impacts of the new science of geology on nineteenth-century US culture. Drawing on early geological writings, Indigenous and settler accounts of earthquakes, African American antislavery literature, and other works, Luciano reveals how geology catalyzed transformative conversations regarding the intersections between humans and the nonhuman world. She shows that understanding the earth's history geologically involved confronting the dynamic nature of inorganic matter over vast spans of time, challenging preconceived notions of human agency. Nineteenth-century Americans came to terms with these changes through a fusion of fact and imagination that Luciano calls geological fantasy. Geological fantasy transformed the science into a sensory experience, sponsoring affective and even erotic connections to the matter of the earth. At the same time, it was often used to justify accounts of evolution that posited a modern, civilized, and Anglo-American whiteness as the pinnacle of human development. By tracing geology's relationship with biopower, Luciano illuminates how imagined connections with the earth shaped American dynamics of power, race, and colonization.

Author: Dana Luciano
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 01/05/2024
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.84lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.58d
ISBN: 9781478025702

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