Rob Nixon
Rob Nixon is a South African author.[1]
Nixon received a B.A. from Rhodes University, South Africa, in 1978. He was awarded an M.A. in English from the University of Iowa in 1982, and a Ph.D. in English from Columbia University in 1989.[2] Nixon teaches environmental studies, postcolonial studies, creative nonfiction, African literature, world literature, and twentieth century British literature at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.[3] His book "Slow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor" was honored with four awards: an American Book Award,[4] the Harold & Margaret Sprout Award of the Environmental Studies Section of the International Studies Association,[5] the 2012 2012 Transdisciplinary Humanities Book Award from the Institute for Humanities Research at Arizona State University,[6] and the 2013 ASLE Scholarly Book Award .[7]
Books
[edit]- London Calling: V.S. Naipaul, Postcolonial Mandarin (Oxford)[8][9][10][11][12]
- Homelands, Harlem and Hollywood: South African Culture and the World Beyond (Routledge)[13][14][15]
- Dreambirds: The Natural History of a Fantasy (Picador)
- Slow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor (Harvard)
References
[edit]- ^ "Rob Nixon". Department of English.
- ^ http://www.english.wisc.edu/rdnixon/files/CV.pdf
- ^ http://www.english.wisc.edu/rdnixon/
- ^ "Professor Rob Nixon wins American Book Award | College of Letters & Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison". ls.wisc.edu. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
- ^ "Harold & Margaret Sprout Award". www.isanet.org. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
- ^ "Book award recognizes work on environmental justice, 'slow violence' | ASU News". news.asu.edu. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
- ^ "Slow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor". Harvard University Press. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
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- ^ Malak, Amin (May 15, 1992). "London Calling: V.S. Naipaul, Postcolonial Mandarin (review)". MFS Modern Fiction Studies. 38 (4): 969–970 – via Project MUSE.
- ^ Sprinker, Michael (May 15, 1992). "London Calling: V. S. Naipaul, Postcolonial Mandarin (review)". Minnesota Review. 38 (1): 109–111 – via Project MUSE.
- ^ Mustafa, Fawzia (February 15, 1995). "London Calling: V. S. Naipaul, Postcolonial Mandarin . Rob Nixon". Modern Philology. 92 (3): 397–399. doi:10.1086/392262 – via CrossRef.
- ^ "Gale - Product Login". galeapps.gale.com.
- ^ "Gale - Product Login". galeapps.gale.com.
- ^ Colleran, Jeanne M. (Jeanne Marie) (May 15, 1996). "Homelands, Harlem, and Hollywood: South African Culture and the World Beyond (review)". MFS Modern Fiction Studies. 42 (1): 211–213 – via Project MUSE.