1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910330708003321

Autore

DeLoughrey Elizabeth M. <1967->

Titolo

Allegories of the Anthropocene / / Elizabeth M. DeLoughrey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Durham, NC, : Duke University Press, 2019

Durham : , : Duke University Press, , 2019

ISBN

9781478090021

1478090022

9781478005582

1478005580

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (281 pages)

Disciplina

809/.93355609729

Soggetti

Climatic changes - Effect of human beings on

Climatic changes in literature

Human ecology in art

Caribbean literature - 21st century - Themes, motives

Pacific Island literature - 21st century - Themes, motives

Art, Caribbean - 21st century - Themes, motives

Art, Pacific Island - 21st century - Themes, motives

Postcolonialism in literature

Postcolonialism and the arts

Climatic changes - Social aspects - Caribbean Area

Climatic changes - Social aspects - Islands of the Pacific

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Agriculture and empire : excavating plantation soil -- Planetarity and militarized radiations -- Accelerations : globalization and states of waste -- Oceanic futures : interspecies worldings -- An island is a world.

Sommario/riassunto

In 'Allegories of the Anthropocene' Elizabeth M. DeLoughrey traces how indigenous and postcolonial peoples in the Caribbean and Pacific Islands grapple with the enormity of colonialism and anthropogenic climate change through art, poetry, and literature. In these works,



authors and artists use allegory as a means to understand the multiscalar complexities of the Anthropocene and to critique the violence of capitalism, militarism, and the postcolonial state. DeLoughrey examines the work of a wide range of artists and writers-including poets Kamau Brathwaite and Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner, Dominican installation artist Tony Capellan, and authors Keri Hulme and Erna Brodber-whose work addresses Caribbean plantations, irradiated Pacific atolls, global flows of waste, and allegorical representations of the ocean and the island. In examining how island writers and artists address the experience of finding themselves at the forefront of the existential threat posed by climate change, DeLoughrey demonstrates how the Anthropocene and empire are mutually constitutive and establishes the vital importance of allegorical art and literature in understanding our global environmental crisis.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910130889303321

Titolo

Health, United States

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Rockville, Md., : U.S. Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare, Public Health Service, Health Resources Administration, National Center for Health Statistics

ISSN

1939-2737

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

DHEW publication ; ; no. (HRA)

DHEW publication ; ; no. (PHS)

DHHS publication ; ; no. (PHS)

DHHS pub. ; ; no. (PHS)

DHHS publication

Disciplina

614

362.1

Soggetti

Medical economics - United States

Medical personnel - United States

Health facilities - United States

Medical care - United States

Health Expenditures

Health Services

Health Surveys

Vital Statistics

Health facilities

Medical care

Medical economics



Medical personnel

Government publications

Statistics.

Periodicals.

Medical statistics.

United States Statistics, Medical Periodicals

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

Title from PDF title page (publisher web site, viewed May 9, 2011).

Each issue emphasizes a different health-related topic, sometimes reflected in a distinctive subtitle (e.g. 1998 issue: Health, United States : with socioeconomic status and health chartbook). Subtitle varies according to title of Chartbook, <1996/97>-2001. Issues for 2002- have subtitle: with Chartbook on trends in the health of Americans. Issue for 2008 has subtitle: with Special feature on the health of young adults.

Sommario/riassunto

Presents national trends in health statistics on such topics as birth and death rates, infant mortality, life expectancy, morbidity and health status, risk factors, patient care, health personnel and facilities, financing of health care, and other health topics.