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T1 “We are the Delta”: nature and agency in Helon Habila’s "Oil on Water"
A1 Hand, Felicity
K1 Niger Delta
K1 Oil
K1 Ecocriticism
K1 Pollution
K1 Helon Habila
K1 Nature
K1 Agency
K1 Delta del Níger
K1 Petróleo
K1 Ecocrítica
K1 Contaminación
K1 Naturaleza
K1 Acción
K1 Literatura
K1 Literature
K1 Medio ambiente
K1 Environmental science
AB At first sight there appear to be three human groups in the Niger Delta struggle in Helon Habila’s novel "Oil on Water". The soldiers sent by the federal government who keep the oil business running; the armed rebels who fight to protect the environment and for a say in the distribution of petrodollars; and the local villagers who find themselves wedged in-between. This article claims that the fourth actor in the ecodrama is the brutalized landscape. Far from assuming a passive role, nature in "Oil on Water" strikes back through Habila’s prose. The devastated land is given a powerful voice in order to demand an urgent need for action to stop any further destruction caused by mindless oil extraction.
PB Universidad de Alcalá
SN 2171-9594
YR 2021
FD 2021
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10017/47856
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10017/47856
LA eng
DS MINDS@UW
RD 20-abr-2024