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Author:

Nixon, Rob, 1954-

Title:

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

Publisher:

Harvard University Press,

Copyright Date:

2011

Description:

xiii, 353 p. : ill. ; 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.

Notes:

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.

ISBN:

0674049306 (alk. paper)
9780674049307 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)676725411

LCCN:

2010049797

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

N2AX314 -- Divine Word College - Matthew Jacoby Library (Epworth)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

GLAX641 -- Marshalltown Community College Library (Marshalltown)