Silent Cities: Rachel Carson and the Imagination of U.S. Suburban Life
Thursday, January 25th, 2018
Date | Time | Location |
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Thursday, January 25, 2018 | 4:00PM - 5:30PM | Seminar Room 208N, 1 Devonshire Place |
Series
CSUS Graduate Student Workshop
Description
Drawing on archival sources and published writings, including the controversial bestseller Silent Spring (1962), this talk addressed the impact of Rachel Carson’s concept of “life” on the suburban imaginary of the United States. Tensions within Carson’s “fabric of life” signal a revolution in environmental thought. What counts as “life”?
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