LEADER 04515nam 2200853Ia 450 001 9910457788403321 005 20210420151848.0 010 $a0-674-24799-X 010 $a0-674-06119-5 024 7 $a10.4159/harvard.9780674061194 035 $a(CKB)2550000000048072 035 $a(OCoLC)754842110 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10491781 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000541342 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11355559 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000541342 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10492296 035 $a(PQKB)10722912 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3300958 035 $a(DE-B1597)178308 035 $a(OCoLC)840440259 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674061194 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3300958 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10491781 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000048072 100 $a20101123d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSlow violence and the environmentalism of the poor$b[electronic resource] /$fRob Nixon 210 $aCambridge, MA $cHarvard University Press$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (371 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-674-04930-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tPreface --$tIntroduction --$t1. Slow Violence, Neoliberalism, and the Environmental Picaresque --$t2. Fast-forward Fossil --$t3. Pipedreams --$t4. Slow Violence, Gender, and the Environmentalism of the Poor --$t5. Unimagined Communities --$t6. Stranger in the Eco-village --$t7. Ecologies of the Aftermath --$t8. Environmentalism, Postcolonialism, and American Studies --$tEpilogue --$tNotes --$tAcknowledgments --$tIndex --$tBackmatter 330 $aThe 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. 606 $aCommonwealth literature (English)$xHistory and criticism 606 $aAmerican literature$xHistory and criticism 606 $aEcology in literature 606 $aEnvironmentalism in literature 606 $aHuman ecology in literature 606 $aPostcolonialism in literature 606 $aColonies in literature 606 $aEcocriticism 606 $aHuman security 606 $aPoor$zDeveloping countries 606 $aImperialism$xEnvironmental aspects 606 $aGlobalization$xEnvironmental aspects 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aCommonwealth literature (English)$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aAmerican literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aEcology in literature. 615 0$aEnvironmentalism in literature. 615 0$aHuman ecology in literature. 615 0$aPostcolonialism in literature. 615 0$aColonies in literature. 615 0$aEcocriticism. 615 0$aHuman security. 615 0$aPoor 615 0$aImperialism$xEnvironmental aspects. 615 0$aGlobalization$xEnvironmental aspects. 676 $a820.9/36 686 $aEC 1850$2rvk 700 $aNixon$b Rob$f1954-$0532286 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910457788403321 996 $aSlow violence and the environmentalism of the poor$92469408 997 $aUNINA