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245 10 a| Bhopal's ecological gothich| [electronic resource] :b| disaster, precarity, and the biopolitical uncanny /c| Pramod K. Nayar.;

260 a| Lanham :b| Lexington Books,c| [2017];

300 a| xxii, 159 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 24 cm.;

490 1 a| Ecocritical theory and practice;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-155) and index.;

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520 a| Studies the cultural texts--fiction, protest effigies, photographs, films, reportage, eyewitness accounts, campaign posters and reports--produced around the world's worst industrial disaster: the Bhopal tragedy of 1984. It makes a case for an ecological perspective, wherein the city, its landscape and its people are Gothicized. After presenting the history of the disaster in terms of negligence, the book examines the coverage of the events as well as accounts by eyewitnesses and survivors, and the remnants, in various forms, of the disaster - the haunting - within human bodies and nature. Finally,Bhopal's Ecological Gothic describes the industrial ruins and the mobilization of protests against Union Carbide. -- Back cover.;

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Bhopal's ecological gothic disaster, precarity, and the biopolitical uncanny / Pramod K. Nayar.

Author/creator	Nayar, Pramod K.
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Lanham : Lexington Books, [2017]
Description	xxii, 159 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects	Ecocriticism--India. --Bhopal. Bhopal Union Carbide Plant Disaster, Bhopal, India, 1984. India--Social conditions. --20th century.

Series	Ecocritical theory and practice Ecocritical theory and practice. ^A1257559
Contents	Introduction: Bhopal, disaster, precarity -- 1 The prefiguration of disaster -- 2 The event of disaster -- 3 Bhopal's biopolitical uncanny I: the nature of haunting -- 4 Bhopal's biopolitical uncanny II: the haunting of nature -- 5 Bhopal's precarity: toxic history and thanatopolitics in the postcolony -- Conclusion: "Burial of an unknown child" as icon.
Abstract	Studies the cultural texts--fiction, protest effigies, photographs, films, reportage, eyewitness accounts, campaign posters and reports--produced around the world's worst industrial disaster: the Bhopal tragedy of 1984. It makes a case for an ecological perspective, wherein the city, its landscape and its people are Gothicized. After presenting the history of the disaster in terms of negligence, the book examines the coverage of the events as well as accounts by eyewitnesses and survivors, and the remnants, in various forms, of the disaster - the haunting - within human bodies and nature. Finally,Bhopal's Ecological Gothic describes the industrial ruins and the mobilization of protests against Union Carbide. -- Back cover.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-155) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2017956264
ISBN	1498540457 hardcover
ISBN	9781498540452 hardcover
ISBN	ebook

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