Review
Review of Cosmological Readings of Contemporary Australian Literature: Unsettling the Anthropocene Kathrin Bartha-Mitchell
Postcolonial Text, Vol.20(1)
2025
Abstract
Kathrin Bartha-Mitchell’s Cosmological Readings of Contemporary Australian Literature: Unsettling the Anthropocene (2023) offers a timely exploration of cosmology’s potential for addressing Anthropocenic challenges due to its “vast array of individual, cultural and more-than-human phenomena” (1). Drawing on six texts from Australian and Oceanic contexts, Bartha-Mitchell examines themes including colonization/exploitation, bioethics/technology and environmental justice/custodianship through the lens of cosmology. Her work enriches ecocriticism through interweaving essential First Nations’ and transcultural insights and effectively demonstrates literary cosmology’s capacity to offer “multi-scalar knowledge and perspectives, as well as an eco-systemic order that co-shapes cultural meaning” (81).
Details
- Title
- Review of Cosmological Readings of Contemporary Australian Literature: Unsettling the Anthropocene Kathrin Bartha-Mitchell
- Authors/Creators
- Alys Daroy - Murdoch University, School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
- Publication Details
- Postcolonial Text, Vol.20(1)
- Publisher
- The Open Humanities Press (OHP)
- Identifiers
- 991005788483507891
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Review
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