Slow violence and the environmentalism of the poor / Rob Nixon.

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Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2011.
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Main Author:
Nixon, Rob, 1954- (Author)
Subjects:
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.
Format: Electronic eBook
Slow violence and the environmentalism of the poor /
Table of Contents:
  • 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 time
  • Ecologies of the aftermath: precision warfare and slow violence
  • Environmentalism, postcolonialism, and American studies
  • Scenes from the seabed and the future of dissent.

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