Slow violence and the environmentalism of the poor /
Nixon, Rob,1954-
Cambridge, Mass. ; London : Harvard University Press,
2011.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- 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 amnesia -- Ecologies of the aftermath : precision warfare and slow violence -- Environmentalism, postcolonialism, and American studies -- Epilogue : scenes from the seabed.
Commonwealth literature (English)
American literature
Ecology in literature.
Environmentalism in literature.
Human ecology in literature.
Postcolonialism in literature.
Colonies in literature.
Ecocriticism.
Human security.
Poor
Imperialism
Globalization