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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.
Commonwealth literature (English)
Poor.
Umweltverschmutzung
Literatur
Ecocriticism
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
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Sumario: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 the attritional lethality of many environmental crises, in contrast with the sensational, spectacle driven messaging that impels public activism today. Slow violence, because it is so readily ignored by a hard charging capitalism, exacerbates the vulnerability of ecosystems and of people who are poor, disempowered, and often involuntarily displaced, while fueling social conflicts that arise from desperation as life sustaining conditions erode. In this book the author examines a cluster of writer/activists affiliated with the environmentalism of the poor in the global South. By approaching environmental justice literature from this transnational perspective, he exposes the limitations of the national and local frames that dominate environmental writing. And by illuminating the strategies these writer/activists deploy to give dramatic visibility to environmental emergencies, he invites his readers to engage with some of the most pressing challenges of our time.
Notas:"To view this image, refer to the print version of the title"--Text in place of all illustrations (JSTOR platform, viewed April 17, 2017).
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiii, 353 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-338) and index.
ISBN:9780674061194
0674061195

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