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Petrochemical Nocturne

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Availability:In StockContributor:Amos Jasper WrightPublish date:2023-06-30Pages:352
Language:EnglishPublisher:Livingston Press at the University of West AlISBN-13:9781604893434ISBN-10:1604893435UPC:9781604893434Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Historical, African American & Black, SouthernBook Topic:20th Century, HistoricalSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.73 inchesWeight:1.0406Product ID:SCB5E1KT0P

The Mississippi River. HAZMAT. Boxing. Suicide by cop. New Orleans Saints football. Chemical explosions. The Angola prison rodeo. Chlorine gas ghost ships. Through these symbols and themes we learn about Toussaint, (an African-American named after the Haitian revolutionary leader Toussaint Louverture) and his formative experiences in the Standard Heights neighborhood of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Petrochemical Nocturne is an indictment of what Toussaint describes as "that dystopian haunted carnival cruise line called America." as Standard Heights and the ExxonMobil refinery which has destroyed it supply the energy and refined petroleum products which enable contemporary consumerism.

A discursive exploration of environmental racism, southern history, the prison-industrial complex, police brutality, intergenerational trauma, and climate change, Petrochemical Nocturne is both paean and eulogy for the former enslaved communities of Cancer Alley, the erasure of an entire people from a poisoned landscape.


Language:EnglishPublisher:Livingston Press at the University of West AlISBN-13:9781604893434ISBN-10:1604893435UPC:9781604893434Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Historical, African American & Black, SouthernBook Topic:20th Century, HistoricalSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.73 inchesWeight:1.0406Product ID:SCB5E1KT0P
Publisher: Livingston Press at the University of West Al

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