Touring “cancer alley,” louisiana: Performances of community and memory for environmental justice

Text and Performance Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 226-252

  Pezzullo, Phaedra C ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community; Environmental justice; Memory; Sight sacralization; Toxic tour

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651204808     PISSN: 10462937     EISSN: 14795760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10462930310001635295     Document Type: Article

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