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IntroductionToxic Embodiment and Feminist Environmental Humanities

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© 2019 Olga Cielemęcka and Cecilia Åsberg
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Downloaded from http://read.dukeupress.edu/environmental-humanities/article-pdf/11/1/101/568894/101cielemecka.pdf by DEEPDYVE INC user on 31 March 2022 Introduction Toxic Embodiment and Feminist Environmental Humanities OLGA CIELEMĘCKA Turku Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Turku, Finland CECILIA ÅSBERG Department of Thematic Studies, Linköping University, Sweden his special section on toxic embodiment examines variously situated bodies, land- T and waterscapes and their naturalcultural interactions with toxicity. The ideas of toxic embodiment play out in the social imaginaries of science and popular culture. Toxins have become a widespread and well-known threat to life on the planet, accom- panied by iconic photographs of dead killer whales washed ashore. Infertile orcas with extreme levels of PCB (polychlorinated biphenyl) in their system bring to the environ- mental social imaginary the toxic kinship of predators and other species, including hu- mans, threatened by extinction. The cumulative exposure to endocrine disruptors, neu- rotoxins, asthmagens, carcinogens, and mutagens comes with everyday life today, making us all toxic bodies. In our present situation, the theme of toxic embodiment em- braces extensive existential concerns around health and environment as we all interact with climate change, antibiotics, and untested chemical cocktails through the food we eat, the makeup we wear, the new sofas we sit on, or

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Published: May 1, 2019

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