Toxic Discourse and Indigeneity in Strange as this Weather has Been
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Strange as this Weather has Been; Toxic Discourse; Indigeneity; Ecological Consciousness.Abstract
Ann Pancake’s novel Strange as This Weather Has Been is a fictional catastrophic disasters novel invoked upon the landscape and its inhabitants by mountaintop removal mining. The author blends elements of her own upbringing in Appalachia to tell the tale of a present-day coal mining family. “Toxic discourse” is a form of environmental literature, which aims to achieve ecological warning by telling the harm of man-made chemical poisons to people and society. In Strange as This Weather Has Been The author describes poisons throughout the whole text. The gradual spread of poisons in geographical space makes the protagonist realize the seriousness of environmental pollution, The severe crisis of surviving environment and the protagonist’s sense of “indigeneity” finally make her realize the awakening of ecological consciousness and take part in the way of environmental protection.
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