UID:
almahu_9949481319002882
Umfang:
1 online resource (370 p.) :
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5 halftones
ISBN:
9780674061194
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9783110261189
Inhalt:
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, Rob Nixon 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 a book of extraordinary scope, Nixon 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 skillfully illuminating the strategies these writer-activists deploy to give dramatic visibility to environmental emergencies, Nixon invites his readers to engage with some of the most pressing challenges of our time.
Anmerkung:
Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Preface --
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Introduction --
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1. Slow Violence, Neoliberalism, and the Environmental Picaresque --
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2. Fast-forward Fossil --
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3. Pipedreams --
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4. Slow Violence, Gender, and the Environmentalism of the Poor --
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5. Unimagined Communities --
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6. Stranger in the Eco-village --
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7. Ecologies of the Aftermath --
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8. Environmentalism, Postcolonialism, and American Studies --
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Epilogue --
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Notes --
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Acknowledgments --
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Index --
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Backmatter
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Issued also in print.
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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In English.
In:
E-BOOK GESAMTPAKET / COMPLETE PACKAGE 2011, De Gruyter, 9783110261189
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E-BOOK PACKAGE ENGLISH LANGUAGES TITLES 2011, De Gruyter, 9783110261233
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E-BOOK PAKET SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE 2011, De Gruyter, 9783110261202
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HUP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 (Canada), De Gruyter, 9783110756067
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Harvard University Press eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013, De Gruyter, 9783110442205
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780674049307
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Ethnologie
DOI:
10.4159/harvard.9780674061194
URL:
https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674061194
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674061194
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