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Slow violence and the environmentalism of the poor
- Title
- Slow violence and the environmentalism of the poor / Rob Nixon.
- Author
- Nixon, Rob, 1954-
- Publication
- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011.
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Details
- Description
- xiii, 353 p.; 25 cm.
- Subject
- Commonwealth literature (English) > History and criticism
- American literature > History and criticism
- Ecology in literature
- Environmentalism in literature
- Human ecology in literature
- Postcolonialism in literature
- Colonies in literature
- Ecocriticism
- Human security
- Poor > Developing countries
- Imperialism > Environmental aspects
- Globalization > Environmental aspects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Slow violence, neoliberalism and the environmental picaresque -- Fast forward fossil : petro-despotism and the resource curse -- Pipedreams : Ken Saro-wiwa, environmental justice, and micro-minority rights -- Slow violence, gender and the environmentalism of the poor -- Unimagined communities : megadams, monumental modernity, and developmental refugees -- Strangers in the eco-village : race, tourism, and environmental amnesia -- Ecologies of the aftermath : precision warfare and slow violence -- Environmentalism, postcolonialism, and American studies -- Epilogue : scenes from the seabed.
- Call Number
- JFE 12-1771
- ISBN
- 9780674049307 (alk. paper)
- 0674049306 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2010049797
- OCLC
- YBP 2010049797
- Author
- Nixon, Rob, 1954-
- Title
- Slow violence and the environmentalism of the poor / Rob Nixon.
- Imprint
- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 12-1771