Thinking through postcolonial climate justice with Margaret Atwood’s MaddAddam trilogy

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2023-12
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Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University
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ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The MaddAddam Trilogy by Margaret Atwood is a much-studied, pioneering work of climate fiction. It is celebrated for its exploration of the place of the human within the web of life, its critique of neoliberal capitalism, and its navigation of horrific climate disasters. However, in all the work produced around the trilogy, there is little that considers the implications of the series for the postcolony.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die MaddAddam-trilogie deur Margaret Atwood is goed-bestudeerde baanbrekerswerke in klimaatfiksie. Dit is befaamd vir die wyse waarop dit die mens se posisie binne die web van die lewe verken, die kritiek daarvan op neoliberale kapitalisme en die wyse waarop dit afgryslike klimaatsrampe navigeer. In al die werk wat reeds op grond van die trilogie voortgebring is, is daar min wat die implikasies van die reeks vir die postkolonie in ag neem.
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Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2023.
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