Publications:
Papers in Journals:
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. and S. Susan Deborah. “A Formidable Presence Onscreen: A Conversation with Salma Monani on Ecocinema.” Film International. 14. 5. (2016) (Scopus listed; ISSN: 20403801)
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. Thrissue: Green Books, 2021. (Translation project; in press)
Alex, Rayson K. Trans. Ecocriticism in Malayalam. Ed. G. Madhusoodanan. London: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2021. (Translation project; in press)
Alex, Rayson K. “Visible Translators: A Collaborative Ecotranslation.” Ecocriticism in Malayalam. Ed. G. Madhusoodanan. London: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2021. (Translation project; In press)
Alex, Rayson K. “Indigenous Naturecultures: Ecocosmopolitanism in Northeast Indian Poetry.” Nature and Literary Studies. Cambridge and Washington: Cambridge University Press, 2021. (In press)
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 R.K. (2018) Kaveri. In: Jain P., Sherma R., Khanna M. (eds) Hinduism and Tribal Religions. Encyclopedia of Indian Religions. Springer, Dordrecht.
Alex R.K. (2018) Cilappatikaram (Silappadigaram, Shilappadigaram). In: Jain P., Sherma R., Khanna M. (eds) Hinduism and Tribal Religions. Encyclopedia of Indian Religions. Springer, Dordrecht.
Alex R.K. (2018) Tinai. In: Jain P., Sherma R., Khanna M. (eds) Hinduism and Tribal Religions. Encyclopedia of Indian Religions. Springer, Dordrecht.
Alex R.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 R.K. (2018) Appar. In: Jain P., Sherma R., Khanna M. (eds) Hinduism and Tribal Religions. Encyclopedia of Indian Religions. Springer, Dordrecht.
Alex R.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 R.K. (2018) Sacred Groves. In: Jain P., Sherma R., Khanna M. (eds) Hinduism and Tribal Religions. Encyclopedia of Indian Religions. Springer, Dordrecht.
Alex R.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 Rathore and Swarnalatha R (eds). Desertscapes in the Anthropocene: Global South Perspective. USA: Lexington, 2022. (Scheduled)
Alex, Rayson K., S. Susan Deborah and Simon C. Estok (eds). Food Ecologies in The Anthropocene: Global South Perspective. USA: Routledge, 2021. (Contracted for publication)
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)