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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.

Fonte dell'immagine: from Princeton University faculty page

Opere di Rob Nixon

Popolari Recenti

Slow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor (2011) 174 copie

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

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

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Opere correlate

African Literature: an anthology of criticism and theory (2007) — Collaboratore — 23 copie

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ambientale (2) Ambientalismo (9) Ambiente (9) animali (3) apical-2024-nonfiction (1) bkw (1) Classe (3) Colonialismo (3) Critica letteraria (2) da leggere (23) Developing and Emerging Countries (1) Ecologia (3) Ecosystems & Habitats (1) environmental justice (4) environmental politics (2) ethics-philosophy (1) feminism-social-justice (2) giustizia sociale (3) Globalizzazione (5) h-concepts (1) h-nonfiction (1) Harvard University Press (2) INVENTORIED (1) kausen (1) Letteratura (3) most-interesting-theory (1) Mutamento climatico (3) Natura (2) phase-3 (1) Politica (5) Povertà (8) razza (2) Saggistica (6) slow violence (2) storia vera (1) Studi postcoloniali (5) Sudafrica (3) uccelli (4) Violenza (4) war on the poor (1)

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Informazioni generali

Sesso: male
Istruzione: Rhodes University, South Africa (BA)
University of Iowa (MA)
Columbia University (MPhil, PhD)
Attività lavorative: English professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison
English professor, Princeton University

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Dreambirds: The Strange History of the Ostrich in… di 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 altra recensione | Sep 13, 2007 |

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

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Budzul | 1 altra recensione | May 31, 2008 |

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