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Gopi, Nithya K., Navaneetha Suresh, Rayson K. Alex. “Neither In nor Out: Theorizing the Entangled Space in the Feature Film Akatho Puratho.” Gnosis, 9.1(2022). http://www.thegnosisjournal.com/online/imagebag/image69.pdf 

Alex, Rayson K., Sachindev P.S. and R. Michael Fisher (eds.). “Navigating Fear Through Diverse Cultures.” Interdisciplinary & Transdisciplinary Approaches. International Journal of Fear Studies, 3.1 (2021). https://prism.ucalgary.ca/bitstream/handle/1880/113246/IJFS%20vol%203%20no%201%202021.pdf?sequence=3&isAllowed=y. (University of Calgary, Canada)

Alex, Rayson K. and Sachindev P.S. “Naturecultures, Ecofears, Cultural Texts.”  Interdisciplinary & Transdisciplinary Approaches. International Journal of Fear Studies, 3.1 (2021). https://prism.ucalgary.ca/bitstream/handle/1880/113246/IJFS%20vol%203%20no%201%202021.pdf?sequence=3&isAllowed=y. (University of Calgary, Canada)

Alex, Rayson K. and S. Susan Deborah. “Ecophobia, Reverential Eco-fear, and Indigenous Worldviews.” Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment (ISLE). Special Issue on Ecophobia. (Oxford University Press) - https://doi.org/10.1093/isle/isz032 (Scopus Listed)

Alex, Rayson K. “A Poética da Memória: Lembrando Kurdi enquanto Ecodocumentário / The Poetics of Memory: Remembering Kurdi as an Ecodocumentary.” Animalia Vegetalia Mineralia 3.8 (2016). (ISSN 2183-265X)

Alex, Rayson K. “A akam do Quadro Cinemático: Questões Emergentes nos Estudos Indianos em Ecocinema / The akam of the Cinematic Frame: Raising Questions on Indian Ecocinema Studies.” Animalia Vegetalia Mineralia 3.6 (2016): 25-30. (ISSN 2183-265X)

Alex, Rayson K. “A Survey of the Phases of Indian Ecocriticism.” CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture. 16.4 (2014) <http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/clcweb/vol16/iss4/9/>. [Thematic Issue: New Work in Ecocriticism; published by Purdue University Press; Thomson Reuters ISI-AHCI. (Scopus Listed)

Alex, Rayson K.  “Homing Ecophobia: A Study of a YouTube Clip on Tsunami.” Journal of Creative Communications (Special issue on “Disaster Communications: Media, Crisis and Representation”). (2012). Sage Publications. Print. (ISSN: 0973-2586) (Scopus Listed)

Alex, Rayson K. “What Music in Poetry." Virtuoso. 2(1). (2012). Print. (ISSN No.: 2249-6076)

Alex, Rayson K. “Physical Archive: Towards Dynamism and Accessibility.” Folklore Journal of University of Calicut. 1 (2010). Print.

Alex, Rayson K. and Nirmal Selvamony. “Niche in the Select works of Jhumpa Lahiri’s Interpreter of Maladies Indian Journal of Ecocriticism. 2 (2009). Print. (ISSN No: 0974 – 2840)

 

Chapter in Books: 

Alex, Rayson K. Trans. E for Elephants: Tales of Elephants and Beyond. Madambu Kunjukuttan. Thrissur: Green Books, 2021. (Translation project; in press)

Alex, Rayson K. “Translator’s Note.” E for Elephants: Tales of Elephants and Beyond. Madambu Kunjukuttan. Thrissur: Green Books, 2021. (Translation project; in press)

Alex, Rayson K. Trans. Ecocriticism in Malayalam. Ed. G. Madhusoodanan. London: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2021. Print.

Alex, Rayson K. “Visible Translators: A Collaborative Ecotranslation.” Ecocriticism in Malayalam. Ed. G. Madhusoodanan. London: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2021. Print.

Alex, Rayson K. “Indigenous Naturecultures: Ecocosmopolitanism in Northeast Indian Poetry.” Nature and Literary Studies. Cambridge and Washington: Cambridge University Press, 2021. Print.

Alex, Rayson K. “Indigenous interiority as nature–culture–sacred continuum: An ecological analysis of Have You Seen the Arana?” The Routledge Handbook of Ecocriticism and Environmental Communication. Ed. Scott Slovic, Swarnalatha Rangarajan and Vidya Sarveswaran. London and New York: Routledge, 2019. 363-372. Print. 

Alex, Rayson K. "The Ontic (Dis)continuity of Human and non-Human body of the Indigenous Communities in India." Re-bodying the Body and the Anthropocene, December 2018, Seoul, South Korea. Unpublished Conference paper. Konkuk University Library, Prof. Kim Jonggab, 2018. Print. (Published conference proceedings)

Alex, Rayson K. (2018) "Kāvērī." In: Jain P., Sherma R., Khanna M. (eds) Hinduism and Tribal Religions. Encyclopedia of Indian Religions. Springer, Dordrecht.

Alex, Rayson K. (2018) "Cilappatikāram (Śilappadigāram, Shilappadigaram)." In: Jain P., Sherma R., Khanna M. (eds) Hinduism and Tribal Religions. Encyclopedia of Indian Religions. Springer, Dordrecht.

Alex, Rayson K. (2018) "Tinai." In: Jain P., Sherma R., Khanna M. (eds) Hinduism and Tribal Religions. Encyclopedia of Indian Religions. Springer, Dordrecht.

Alex, Rayson K. (2018) "Kaavu in Kerala (Sacred Groves in Kerala)." In: Jain P., Sherma R., Khanna M. (eds) Hinduism and Tribal Religions. Encyclopedia of Indian Religions. Springer, Dordrecht.

Alex, Rayson K. (2018) "Appar." In: Jain P., Sherma R., Khanna M. (eds) Hinduism and Tribal Religions. Encyclopedia of Indian Religions. Springer, Dordrecht.

Alex, Rayson K. (2018) "Kaval Kadavul (Guardian Deity)." In: Jain P., Sherma R., Khanna M. (eds) Hinduism and Tribal Religions. Encyclopedia of Indian Religions. Springer, Dordrecht.

Alex, Rayson K. (2018) "Sacred Groves." In: Jain P., Sherma R., Khanna M. (eds) Hinduism and Tribal Religions. Encyclopedia of Indian Religions. Springer, Dordrecht.

Alex, Rayson K. (2018) "Kutiyattam." In: Jain P., Sherma R., Khanna M. (eds) Hinduism and Tribal Religions. Encyclopedia of Indian Religions. Springer, Dordrecht.

Alex, Rayson K., S. Susan Deborah and K.S. Samuel Moses. “Eco-exoticism in Thorny Land: Invasion of Cheemakaruvel.Ecodocumentaries: Critical Essays. Eds, Rayson K. Alex & S. Susan Deborah. London and New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.

Alex, Rayson K. and S. Susan Deborah. “Introduction: The Ethics of Relationships in Social Documentaries.” Ecodocumentaries: Critical Essays. Eds, Rayson K. Alex & S. Susan Deborah. London and New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.

Alex, Rayson. “tinai-Documentation as Ecocultural Ethnography: My Experience with Mudugar.” Ecocriticism and Indigenous Studies: Conversations from Earth to Cosmos. Eds, Salma Monani & Joni Adamson. USA: Routledge, 2016.

Alex, Rayson K. “Introduction.” Culture and Media: Ecocritical Explorations. Eds, Rayson K. Alex, S. Susan Deborah and Sachindev P.S. London: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014. Print. 1-9.

Alex, Rayson K. “Towards T-Documentary: Critiquing Ecocinema.” Culture and Media: Ecocritical Explorations. Eds, Rayson K. Alex, S. Susan Deborah and Sachindev P.S. London: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014. Print. 12-33.

Alex, Rayson K. “Tribal People on Screen: Ecological Representation in Documentaries.” Culture and Media: Ecocritical Explorations. Eds, Rayson K. Alex, S. Susan Deborah and Sachindev P.S. London: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014. Print. 131-140.

Alex, Rayson K. “Towards Green Education.” Ed. Nirmal Selvamony, Nirmaldasan & Rayson K. Alex. Essays in Ecocriticism. New Delhi and Chennai: Sarup & Sons, and OSLE-India, 2007. Print. (ISBN: 81 – 7625 – 804 – 0)

Alex, Rayson K. “A Critical Call for the Second Wave in Indian Ecocriticism.” Ed. Suresh Frederick. Contemporary Contemplations of Ecoliterature. New Delhi: Authorpress, 2012. (ISBN: 978-81-7273-642-2)

Alex, Rayson K. "Ecological Representation in Video-documentaries on Tribal Communities in South India." Problematics on Ethnicity, Identity & Literature. Eds. Barua, Anooradha Chakrabarty & Nath, Hemanta Kr. Assam: The Sibsagar College, 2012. (98-104). (ISBN 81-924140-5-1).

 

Books:

Alex, Rayson K., Sushila Shekhawat and Swarnalatha R. (eds). Desertscapes in the Anthropocene: Global South Perspective. 2023. (Scheduled)

Alex, Rayson  K., S. Susan Deborah and Simon C. Estok (eds). Food Ecologies in The Anthropocene: Global South Perspective. USA: Routledge, 2022. (ISBN 9781032254012)

Alex, Rayson, S. Susan Deborah, Reena Cheruvalath and Gyan Prakash. Eds. Ecocultural Ethics: Critical Essays. USA: Lexington, 2017. (ISBN 978-1-4985-3247-1)

Alex, Rayson & S. Susan Deborah. Eds. Ecodocumentaries: Critical Essays. London and New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016. (ISBN 978-1-137-56223-4)  

Alex, Rayson K, Nirmal Selvamony & Nirmaldasan, eds. Essays in Ecocriticism. New Delhi and Chennai: Sarup & Sons, and OSLE-India, 2007. (ISBN: 81 – 7625 – 804 – 0) 

Alex, Rayson K., S. Susan Deborah and Sachindev P.S., eds. Culture and Media: Ecocritical Explorations. London: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014. Print. (ISBN: D00005182-9)

 

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