Elizabeth M Deloughrey

Allegories of the Anthropocene

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Produktbeschreibung

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 by using allegorical narratives.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Juni 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 522g
• ISBN-13: 9781478004103
• ISBN-10: 147800410X
• Artikelnr.: 53686191

Autorenporträt

Elizabeth M. DeLoughrey is a Professor with appointments in the English Department and the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability at the University of California, Los Angeles. She is the author of numerous books, including Routes and Roots: Navigating Caribbean and Pacific Island Literatures. The author's proceeds from the sale of this book go to The Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES).

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments  vii
Introduction: Allegories of the Anthropocene  1
1. Gendering Earth: Excavating Plantation Soil  33
2. Planetarity: Militarized Radiations  63
3. Accelerations: Globalization and States of Waste  98
4. Oceanic Futures: Interspecies Worldings  133
5. An Island Is a World  165
Notes  197
Index   257