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Toxic Colonialism

Toxic Colonialism is a theoretical framework within postcolonial ecocriticism that identifies the systematic environmental degradation and ecological violence inflicted upon colonized territories through the imposition of exploitative resource extraction, polluting industries, and hazardous waste disposal by imperial powers, thereby perpetuating colonial domination through ecological means.

19

Publications

648

Citations

22

Authors

15

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

10

Parents

Publications

19

Toxic injustice: a transnational history of exposure and struggle

Choice Reviews Online · 2015 · 115 citations

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Native America: the Political Economy of Radioactive Colonialism

Ward Churchill, Winona LaDuke · Insurgent Sociologist · 1986 · 102 citations

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An Experiment in (Toxic) Indian Capitalism?: The Skull Valley Goshutes, New Capitalism, and Nuclear Waste

Randel D. Hanson · PoLAR Political and Legal Anthropology Review · 2001 · 56 citations

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Toxic Colonialism, Environmental Justice, and Native Resistance in Silko’s <i>Almanac of the Dead</i>

T. V. Reed · MELUS Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States · 2009 · 55 citations

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Decreasing Dirty Dumping? A Reevaluation of Toxic Waste Colonialism and the Global Management of Transboundary Hazardous Waste

Laura A. Pratt · 2011 · 48 citations · Full text

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Authors

22

  1. KG
    Katherine Grandjean

    1 publications · 27 citations

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  2. MF
    Mustafa F. Özbilgin

    Brunel University of London, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 21 citations

    1

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  3. WL
    Winona LaDuke

    Institute for Progressive Medicine, United States

    1 publications · 102 citations

    1

    h-index

  4. AM
    Amy M. Hay

    The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, United States

    1 publications · 13 citations

    1

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  5. GL
    George L Robb

    1 publications · 13 citations

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    h-index

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Institutions

15

  1. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    70 citations

  2. Colorado State University

    Fort Collins, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    35 citations

  3. Wageningen University & Research

    Wageningen, The Netherlands

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    35 citations

  4. University of Alaska Fairbanks

    Fairbanks, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    15 citations

  5. Brunel University of London

    London, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    21 citations

  6. University of California, Santa Barbara

    Santa Barbara, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    17 citations

  7. Arizona State University

    Tempe, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    56 citations

  8. University of Illinois System

    Urbana, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    15 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Postcolonial Writing

    2 publications · 21 citations

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  2. Environment and Society

    2 publications · 52 citations

    2

    h-index

  3. Journal for the Anthropology of North America

    JANA · 1 publications · 15 citations

    1

    h-index

  4. Catalyst Feminism Theory Technoscience

    1 publications · 16 citations

    1

    h-index

  5. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 1 publications · 115 citations

    1

    h-index

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