Dispossession and the Environment: Rhetoric and Inequality in Papua New Guinea Contributor(s): West, Paige (Author) |
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ISBN: 0231178786 ISBN-13: 9780231178785 Publisher: Columbia University Press OUR PRICE: $103.95 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2016 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Indigenous Studies - Social Science | Developing & Emerging Countries - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
Dewey: 305.800 |
LCCN: 2016008164 |
Series: Leonard Hastings Schoff Lectures |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (0.80 lbs) 216 pages |
Themes: - Topical - Ecology - Cultural Region - Oceania |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: When journalists, developers, surf tourists, and conservation NGOs cast Papua New Guineans as living in a prior nature and prior culture, they devalue their knowledge and practice, facilitating their dispossession. Paige West's searing study reveals how a range of actors produce and reinforce inequalities in today's globalized world. She shows how racist rhetorics of representation underlie all uneven patterns of development and seeks a more robust understanding of the ideological work that capital requires for constant regeneration. |