Material Writing and Time Landscape in Salvage the Bones
Jesmini Ward is typical in presenting the living conditions of the black community in the Anthropocene.This article analyzes the isomorphism between racism and climate injustice under the dualistic model from the perspective of new materialism,via toxic land,waste and flood as material media.It presents the environmental injustices encountered by the black community in the past and present,and constructs the future of the African people with the help of the hybrid network with the material,and explores the unique material view and timescape in the Anthropocene.
material writingtimescapeslow-violencepost-katrina novelAmerican southern literature