The Symbolic Earth : Discourse and Our Creation of the Environment.

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part I: The Field and Context of Environmental Discourse -- Chapter 1 Tracking the Elusive Jeremiad: The Rhetorical Character of American Environmental Discourse -- Chapter 2 Naturalizing Communication and Culture -- Chapter 3 To Stand Outside Oneself: The Sublime in the Discourse of Natural Scenery -- Chapter 4 Perceiving Environmental Discourse: The Cognitive Playground -- Chapter 5 Environmental Advocacy in the Corridors of Government -- Chapter 6 Retalking Environmental Discourses from a Feminist Perspective: The Radical Potential of Ecofeminism -- Part II: Case Studies in Environmental Communication -- Chapter 7 "What to Do with the Mountain People?": The Darker Side of the Successful Campaign to Establish the Great Smoky Mountains National Park -- Chapter 8 Plastics as a "Natural Resource": Perspective by Incongruity for an Industry in Crisis -- Chapter 9 Valuation Analysis in Environmental Policy Making: How Economic Models Limit Possibilities for Environmental Advocacy -- Chapter 10 Liberal and Pragmatic Trends in the Discourse of Green Consumerism -- Chapter 11 The Mass Media ((Discover" the Environment: Influences on Environmental Reporting in the First Twenty Years -- Chapter 12 Media Frames and Environmental Discourse: The Case of "Focus: Logjam -- List of Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W.

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