Predator Politics

Coyote Wrenching in Edward Abbey’s Desert Solitaire and Barbara Kingsolver’s Prodigal Summer

Bibliographic Data

ID3484879
AuthorsMary Louisa Cappelli (0000-0002-0419-9411, Pacific Clinics, corresponding author)
Year2017
Volume7
Issue1
Publication date2017-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSAGE Open (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2158-2440 • E-ISSN: 2158-2440
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/2158244016679210
OpenAlexW2571252123
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited11

Edward Abbey's Desert Solitaire and Barbara Kingsolver's Prodigal Summer urges readers to see coyotes as crucial members of the natural community whose predation is essential for the maintenance of biodiversity and ecological stability. Their cultural production provides a human story of ecocritical engagement for understanding the cascading effects of removing top predators from their ecosystems. By envisioning biocentric possibilities within place-based and scientific contexts, Edward Abbey and Barbara Kingsolver share a common theme of political ecology: political processes shape ecological conditions. A close reading of Edward Abbey's Desert Solitaire and Barbara Kingsolver's Prodigal Summer provides a literary entryway to connect research, arguments, and discourse across disciplines tasking readers to engage in political discussions of environmental sustainability and to consider viable solutions to preserve the ecological diversity of our predator populations and ecosystems

Archaeology · Biodiversity · Biology · Environmental ethics · Geography · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Sustainability · Ecocriticism and Environmental Literature · Environmental Philosophy and Ethics · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Law · Philosophy · Ecology

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