Narratives from the Wasteocene: postcolonial waste in ‘Texaco’ and ‘GraceLand’
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The aim of this paper is to apply the conceptual logic of Wasteocene, as formulated by Marco Armiero (2021), to the analysis of two contemporary novels: Texaco (1992) by Patrick Chamoiseau and GraceLand (2004) by Chris Abani. Above all, we will examine how within postcolonial literature waste can become an instrument of political denunciation, a community impulse, a keeper of historical memory and a linguistic invention.
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Baratta, A. (2025). Narratives from the Wasteocene: postcolonial waste in ‘Texaco’ and ‘GraceLand’. Transnational 20th Century. Literatures, Arts and Cultures, 9, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.13133/2532-1994/19078
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