Environmental degradation narratives in Madagascar: From colonial hegemonies to humanist revisionism

Geoforum

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 711-722

  Pollini, Jacques ^a  

^a HENDRIX COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Deforestation; Discourse analysis; Land degradation; Madagascar; Nature; Political ecology

Indexed keywords

COLONIALISM; CRITICAL ANALYSIS; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; HEGEMONY;

MADAGASCAR;

EID: 77956188938     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2010.04.001     Document Type: Article

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