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The Anthropology of Oil: The Impact of the Oil Industry on a Fishing Community in the Niger Delta

Anthropologist Alicia Fentiman makes a unique contribution to the study of environmental victimization through a culturally informed analysis of the circumstances in the Niger Delta. Her approach is quite distinct from the “race” perspectives of the U.S. environmental justice literature.

business and environment, fishers, indigenous people’s economy, Nigeria — economy, oil industry, rivers — international

Citation: Social Justice Vol. 23, No. 4 (1996): 87-99