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Autore |
Gamber John Blair |
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Titolo |
Positive pollutions and cultural toxins [[electronic resource] ] : waste and contamination in contemporary U.S. ethnic literatures / / John Blair Gamber |
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Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, 2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-55082-2 |
9786613863270 |
0-8032-4488-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (247 p.) |
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Collana |
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Postwestern Horizons series |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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American fiction - 21st century - History and criticism |
American fiction - Minority authors - History and criticism |
Pollution in literature |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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"Failing economies and tortured ecologies": Octavia Butler's Parable of the sower and Parable of the talents -- Toxic metropolis: Alejandro Morales's The rag doll plagues -- Ridding the world of waste: Louise Erdich's The antelope wife -- "An eerie liquid elasticity": Karen Tei Yamashita's Tropic of orange -- "Outcasts and dreamers in the cities": Gerald Vizenor's Dead voices -- Epilogue. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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John Blair Gamber is an assistant professor of English and comparative literature at Columbia University and the coeditor of <I>Transnational Asian American Literature: Sites and Transits</I>. <DIV></DIV> |
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