<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The present paper dwells on the complex representation of the Indian slums in Katherine Boo’s 2012 novel Behind the Beautiful Forevers. Leaving behind the conventional oversentimentalised and over-optimistic literary and cinematographic depictions, the writer places her text on the boundary between fiction and journalism, discussing poverty, inequality, hope and despair in one of the most surprising cities of the globalised world, from a new perspective.</p></abstract>

The present paper dwells on the complex representation of the Indian slums in Katherine Boo’s 2012 novel Behind the Beautiful Forevers. Leaving behind the conventional oversentimentalised and over-optimistic literary and cinematographic depictions, the writer places her text on the boundary between fiction and journalism, discussing poverty, inequality, hope and despair in one of the most surprising cities of the globalised world, from a new perspective.

On Garbage and Ice: Ethics of the Slums in Katherine Boo’s Behind the Beautiful Forevers

Romanian Journal of English Studies

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The present paper dwells on the complex representation of the Indian slums in Katherine Boo’s 2012 novel Behind the Beautiful Forevers. Leaving behind the...

On Garbage and Ice: Ethics of the Slums in Katherine Boo’s Behind the Beautiful Forevers

Published Online: Nov 30, 2017

Page range: 14 - 21

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rjes-2017-0003

Keywords
beautification, impossible ethics, policies of representations, relocation, urban planning

© Romanian Journal of English Studies

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

On Garbage and Ice: Ethics of the Slums in Katherine Boo’s Behind the Beautiful Forevers

Published Online: Nov 30, 2017

Page range: 14 - 21

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rjes-2017-0003

Keywordsbeautification, impossible ethics, policies of representations, relocation, urban planning

© Romanian Journal of English Studies

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
beautification, impossible ethics, policies of representations, relocation, urban planning