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An Exploration of the Partition and Its Literary Voices
Full text linkThis article is an exploration of the different literary narratives about the Partition of India and Pakistan. It reflects on the literary landscape of the Partition, covering key literary moments that depicted the events and the consequences of Britain’s desertion of India. Land is frequently used as a symbol of human identity. The disruption of identity caused directly by the Partition is presented as apocalyptic, and more importantly, unnatural. Saadat Hasan Manto’s iconic short stories are a staple in the Urdu literary world, giving us a stark view into psychological and social ramifications for both men and women. His literature was not only used to educate those who were not aware of the Partition, but to also document the brutal and sadistic events that happened after. Ultimately, the vicious separation of land led to both an identity and cultural gap, which still has ramifications in the modern day
The Uninhabitable Earth: Life after Warning
Full text linkBook review of \u27The Uninhabitable Earth: Life after Warning\u27 by David Wallace-Wells
Editorial
Full text linkThis issue of Literary Cultures explores land as a literary theme in modern and contemporary works. The issue specifically focuses on literature wherein land may be interpreted as vulnerable or under threat. Every article has a unique perspective on the relationship between humans and land, the sometimes volatile aspect of this relationship and its textual representations. The aim of this issue is to encourage a nuanced conversation about how land is altered and affected by human behavior, and the way colonialism, industrialism, and socio-political structures have impacted our understanding of land. The issue will offer a unique way of looking at issues like climate change, rapid urbanization and the loss of land, by contextualizing them through the lens of race, warfare and economic and social disparities
Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret
Full text linkReview of the Netflix documentary \u27Cowspiracy\u27 directed by Kip Andersen
Our Story: Dive into Canada\u27s Enriched History
No full textBook review of \u27Our Story: Aboriginal Voices on Canada\u27s Past\u27, a collection of work from nine authors
The Portrayal of Land: The Effects of Climate Change in Poetry
Full text linkThe focus of this article is to demonstrate how the theme of Land is portrayed in poetry written about theeffects of climate change. This article will focus on Land and the idea of Land as ‘home’ despite the enduredabuse overtime. Looking at the effects of climate change, the poems this article will analyse are that ofSylvia Stults, Matthew Olzmann and Joshua Isham.
The poems ‘Warned’1 and ‘Awareness About Our Environment’2 by Sylvia Stults place a major focus on theidea that we, as a society, have been told about how climate change is affecting our land, yet we act selfishlyand continue to abuse our environment. This can also be said for the poem ‘Our Mother Nature’3 by JoshuaIsham, which looks at the close relationship humans have with the earth and nature and how we take it forgranted, therefore making the land inhabitable for future generations.
‘Letter to Someone Living Fifty Years from Now’ 4by Matthew Olzmann further highlights how the futuregenerations will not live as rich as a life as we have, as much of the nature that we have experienced won’tbe there anymore due to our carelessness and irreversible damage. This raises the point that if we can’t takeresponsibility, we will lose the greatness of our world forever. This article will look at the relationshipbetween the land and humans, the pollution that is occurring, and the effect it will have on futuregenerations
Exploring the Changes in the Burmese Landscape in Andrew Marshall\u27s \u27The Trouser People\u27
No full textIn its exploration of Burma, modern day Myanmar, from Pre-colonial expeditions, to the British Administration in the country, right through to its modern plight with a Military Dictatorship; The Trouser People shows that the use of the land by both the vestiture’s of state and the local people have dramatically changed. Andrew Marshall’s expedition and his close comparison to the man he seeks to re-trace the footsteps of, the explorer Sir J. George Scott, allow us to chart, in some detail, the struggles of the various tribes and ethnicities which occupy Myanmar’s northern region’s and their ever-deepening struggle to defend themselves, their territories and their way of life. Myanmar as an economic and diverse place has been stunted and destroyed by the attitudes towards land as a tool for the state, whatever form that state takes. This has ultimately led to the devastation of the landscape and the continued blasé attitude towards its care and importance. Marshall sets out why he thinks this is the case, what has caused this current attitude and what is currently effecting the mindset that might otherwise cause these attitudes to change