Article ID: CBB469777808

Beauty and Habitation: Fredrika Bremer and the Aesthetic Imperative of Environmental History (April 2019)

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Fredrika Bremer (1801–65) was a Swedish novelist and reformer primarily known for her role in advocating for women’s voting and property rights in Sweden. This article analyzes her 1849–51 journey through North America and argues that she was also an important environmental figure who deserves renewed attention from environmental historians because of her embodied approach to environmental aesthetics, or what I call “aesthetic habitation.” More broadly, Bremer’s story suggests that environmental history needs an “aesthetic imperative” to go along with the more traditional moral and analytical imperatives of the field.

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Authors & Contributors
Hrvoje Petrić
Ivana Žebec Šilj
Paul, Alistair
Newfont, Kathryn
Haq, Gary
Unger, Nancy C.
Journals
Environmental History
Polhem: Tidskrift för Teknikhistoria
Publishers
Routledge
Oxford University Press
Wiley-Blackwell
University Press of Kansas
University of North Carolina Press
University of California Press
Concepts
Environmentalism
Environmental history
Political activists and activism
Nature
Ecology
Conservation of natural resources
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
18th century
20th century, late
21st century
17th century
Places
United States
New York (U.S.)
Los Angeles (California)
New York City (New York, U.S.)
Balkan Peninsula
Sweden
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