Rob Nixon (1)

Auteur de Slow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor

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A propos de l'auteur

Rob Nixon is Rachel Carson Professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Among his many books is Dreambirds: The Natural History of a Fantasy. He is a frequent contributor to the New York Times.

Crédit image: from Princeton University faculty page

Œuvres de Rob Nixon

Populaires Récent

Slow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor (2011) 172 exemplaires

Dreambirds: The Strange History of the Ostrich in Fashion, Food and Fortune (1999) 40 exemplaires

London calling : V.S. Naipaul, postcolonial Mandarin (1992) 5 exemplaires

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Oeuvres associées

African Literature: an anthology of criticism and theory (2007) — Contributeur — 23 exemplaires

Étiqueté

A lire (23) Afrique du Sud (3) Animaux (3) apical-2024-nonfiction (1) bkw (1) Changement climatique (3) Classe (3) Colonialisme (3) Critique littéraire (2) Developing and Emerging Countries (1) Ecosystems & Habitats (1) environmental (2) environmental justice (4) environmental politics (2) Environnement (9) ethics-philosophy (1) feminism-social-justice (2) h-concepts (1) h-nonfiction (1) Harvard University Press (2) INVENTORIED (1) Justice sociale (3) kausen (1) Littérature (3) Mondialisation (5) most-interesting-theory (1) Nature (2) non-fiction (6) oiseaux (4) Pauvreté (8) phase-3 (1) Politique (5) Post-colonialisme (5) race (2) slow violence (2) True Story (1) Violence (4) war on the poor (1) Écologie (3) Écologisme (9)

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Sexe: male
Études: Rhodes University, South Africa (BA)
University of Iowa (MA)
Columbia University (MPhil, PhD)
Professions: English professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison
English professor, Princeton University

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Dreambirds: The Strange History of the Ostrich in… par Rob Nixon

Rob Nixon's Dream Birds is about history and hope, the corrosive effects of colonialism and patriarchy and greed and conformity, the impermanence of the things we stake our fortunes on, and the impact of landscape on the human mind - but mostly it's about the ostrich-farming industry.... more...

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teratologist | 1 autre critique | Sep 13, 2007 |

Dreambirds: The Strange History of the Ostrich in… par Rob Nixon

Standardization > Czechoslovakia >/Periodicals

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Budzul | 1 autre critique | May 31, 2008 |

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