Environmental racism and ecological crisis in Achebe’s Things fall apart (1958), and Gordimer’s My son’s story (1990)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22110434 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Morve Roshan K (0000-0003-1400-5323, Southwest University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2024-12-31 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cogent Social Sciences (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2331-1886 • E-ISSN: 2331-1886 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/23311886.2024.2350110 |
| OpenAlex | W4396948772 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 29 |
this research explores environmental racism in the forms of nigerian 'colonialism' and south african 'apartheid' policies.it is designed a comparative framework to chinua achebe 's Things Fall Apart (1958), and nadine Gordimer's My Son 's Story (1990).this research helps to understand the ecocritical approach from the nigerian and south african context.re/construction of racism in the form of the contemporary theoretical concept of 'environmental racism' is our today's need.this study aims to raise a voice for global justice and environmental sustainability.environmental-related dominant issues (i.e.environmental control of a particular group, inequality of natural resource uses, and particular group's accessibility to live a healthy environment) are addressed in detail and analysed through these texts.the theory of 'environmental racism' is interrogated through colonial cultural, and apartheid political ways concerning the african world.to conclude, the ecological crisis and environmental racism encountered in these texts have clearly illustrated the imbalance of utilizing natural resources.a consequence of this inequality and exploitation can be seen in nigerian black, and south african 'coloured' communities where environmental injustice is a serious issue. IMPACT STATEMENTexploring 'environmental racism' in the form of nigerian 'colonialism' and south african 'apartheid' is significant to understand through novels.to achieve global justice, environmental racism is today's need to understand colonial and apartheid history of racism and exploitation.racial subjugated groups' (like black and 'coloured') are in vulnerable conditions that have historical links to white exploitation
Biology · Ecocriticism · Ecological crisis · Environmental crisis · Environmental ethics · Environmental justice · Racism · Sociology · Ecocriticism and Environmental Literature · Gender Studies · Modern American Literature Studies · Philosophy · Ecology
Ecological Imperialism
Mapping environmental injustices
Environmental Justice and Transformations to Sustainability
The Study of Nadine Gordimer in China
A comparative corpus stylistic analysis of thematization and characterization in Gordimer’s My Son’s Story and Coetzee’s Disgrace
Racial Formation in the United States
The Rhetorics of Racial Power
Environmental apartheid
Environmental Justice and Dissent for Postcolonial Urban Sustainability Transitions
Living with extraction
An Interview With Chinua Achebe
Culture in Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart
| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |