It's personal: women's writing on weather disaster in the context of climate crisis in Australia

Deb Anderson; Pepi Ronalds

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-56634-9_16

It's personal: women's writing on weather disaster in the context of climate crisis in Australia

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Abstract

This chapter considers the state of environmental and nature writing in Australia by proffering a lens onto thematic change in long-form journalism on extreme weather. Women lead the way there, by providing a direct response to climate crisis and the deficits of daily journalism that is both personal and distinctively Australian. The chapter’s main questions might be formulated as follows: How well has objectivity served journalism in this era of climate catastrophe and how have women met the challenge of writing convincingly about this crisis in Australia by bearing witness to distinct moments of disaster experience?

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Literary Journalist as a Naturalist
Editors	Pablo Calvi
Place of Publication	Cham Switzerland
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Pages	301-318
Number of pages	18
Edition	1st
ISBN (Electronic)	9783031566349
ISBN (Print)	9783031566332
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-56634-9_16
Publication status	Published - 2025

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