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

Published Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 353 pages) : illustrations 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 Summary 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 Notes "To view this image, refer to the print version of the title"--Text in place of all illustrations (JSTOR platform, viewed April 17, 2017) Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-338) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL Online resource; title from digital title page (JSTOR platform, viewed April 17, 2017) digitized 2021. HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL 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 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 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. Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book LC no. 2010049797 ISBN 9780674061194 0674061195

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