Slow violence and the environmentalism of the poor /

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The violence wrought by climate change, toxic drift, deforestation, oil spills, and the environmental aftermath of war takes place gradually and often invisibly. Using the innovative concept of "slow violence" to describe these threats, the author focuses on the inattention we have paid to...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Nixon, Rob, 1954- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2011.
Temas:
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.
Littérature du Commonwealth (anglaise) > Histoire et critique.
Environnementalisme dans la littérature.
Écologie humaine dans la littérature.
Postcolonialisme dans la littérature.
Colonies dans la littérature.
Écocritique.
Sécurité humaine.
Impérialisme > Aspect de l'environnement.
Mondialisation > Aspect de l'environnement.
18.07 English literature outside Europe and the USA.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
NATURE > Environmental Conservation & Protection.
American literature
Colonies in literature
Commonwealth literature (English)
Ecocriticism
Ecology in literature
Environmentalism in literature
Globalization > Environmental aspects
Human ecology in literature
Human security
Poor
Postcolonialism in literature
Umweltverschmutzung
Literatur
Bellettrie.
Engels.
Ecologie.
Ecokritiek.
Postkolonialisme.
Armoede.
Engelsk litteratur > historia.
Ekologi i litteraturen.
Postkolonialism i litteraturen.
Kolonier i litteraturen.
Ekokritik.
Fattiga > U-länder.
Imperialism > miljöaspekter.
Globalisering > miljöaspekter.
Developing countries
Ontwikkelingslanden.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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