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Exposes the global threat of environmental catastrophe and the forms of erasure that structure Caribbean women's lives in the overlooked nation of Guyana
Previously ranked among the hemisphere's poorest countries, Guyana is becoming a global leader in per capita oil production, a shift which promises to profoundly transform the nation. This sea change presents a unique opportunity to dissect both the environmental impacts of modern-world resource extraction and the obscured yet damaging ways in which intersectional race and gender formations circumscribe Caribbean women's lives.
Drawing from archival research and oral history, and examining mass-mediated flashpoints across the African and Indian diasporasincluding Rihanna's sonic routes, ethnic conflict reportage, HBO's Lovecraft Country, and Netflix's Indian MatchmakingGlobal Guyana repositions this marginalized nation as a nexus of social and economic activity which drives popular culture and

Global Guyana

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    Publisher: New York University Press
    Publication Date: 4/16/2024
    ISBN13: 9781479827015, 978-1479827015
    ISBN10: 1479827010

    Non Fiction , Politics, Philosophy & Society

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    Exposes the global threat of environmental catastrophe and the forms of erasure that structure Caribbean women's lives in the overlooked nation of Guyana
    Previously ranked among the hemisphere's poorest countries, Guyana is becoming a global leader in per capita oil production, a shift which promises to profoundly transform the nation. This sea change presents a unique opportunity to dissect both the environmental impacts of modern-world resource extraction and the obscured yet damaging ways in which intersectional race and gender formations circumscribe Caribbean women's lives.
    Drawing from archival research and oral history, and examining mass-mediated flashpoints across the African and Indian diasporasincluding Rihanna's sonic routes, ethnic conflict reportage, HBO's Lovecraft Country, and Netflix's Indian MatchmakingGlobal Guyana repositions this marginalized nation as a nexus of social and economic activity which drives popular culture and

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