140 Pages
4 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
148 Pages
4 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
148 Pages
4 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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How do those pushed to the margins survive in contemporary cities? What role do they play in today’s increasingly complex urban ecosystems? Faced with stark disparities in human and environmental wellbeing, what form might more equitable cities take?
Waste Matters argues that contemporary literature and film offer an insightful and timely response to these questions through their formal and... Read more
1. Introduction: Locating Urban Waste 2. ‘Anything could turn out to be something’: Gleaning Slum History in Patrick Chamoiseau’s Texaco 3. ‘Suspended City’: Personal, Urban and National Development in Chris Abani’s Graceland 4. ‘A New Heightened Sense of Place’: Dinaw Mengestu’s Cognitive Map of Washington, D.C. 5. Seeing the Obvious? Contradictory Visibilities in Indian City Literature 6. Spectacular Trash: Contemporary Remediations of Global Urban Waste
Biography
Sarah K. Harrison completed a PhD in English at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.
