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Margaret Ziolkowski, "Mega-Dams in World Literature: Literary Responses to Twentieth-Century Dam Building" (U of Wyoming Press, 2024)

New Books in Science, Technology, and Society

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Dams and Displacement: Literature's Reflection on Control and Resistance

This chapter examines how literature addresses the themes of nature control and post-colonial impacts through the metaphor of hydroelectric dams, particularly the High Aswan Dam. It highlights the struggles of displaced communities, especially Nubians, against economic injustices and the psychological repercussions of losing their traditional way of life.

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