Creation Stories: Myth, Oil, and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

Euro-American myths of Eden, the frontier, and the Promised Land continue to inform environmental literature and, therefore, mainstream environmental discourse. Laden with complex and conflicting social values, these myths undermine conservation policy at the expense of human and non-human communiti...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ryan, Terre
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Journal of Ecocriticism 2010
Subjects:
literature
environmental studies
rhetoric
Eden
myth
environmental literature
oil
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Gwich'in
Kaktovik Inupiat
Arctic
Canada
Inupiat
Online Access:https://ojs.unbc.ca/index.php/joe/article/view/146
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Summary:Euro-American myths of Eden, the frontier, and the Promised Land continue to inform environmental literature and, therefore, mainstream environmental discourse. Laden with complex and conflicting social values, these myths undermine conservation policy at the expense of human and non-human communities.

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