Thursday, January 25th, 2018 Silent Cities: Rachel Carson and the Imagination of U.S. Suburban Life

DateTimeLocation
Thursday, January 25, 20184:00PM - 5:30PMSeminar 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”?


Speakers

Caroline Holland
PhD Candidate, Department of English, University of Toronto


Main Sponsor

Centre for the Study of the United States

Sponsors

CSUS Graduate Student Workshop, University of Toronto

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