| Dispossession and the Environment: Rhetoric and Inequality in Papua New Guinea Contributor(s): West, Paige (Author) |
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ISBN: 0231178794 ISBN-13: 9780231178792 Publisher: Columbia University Press OUR PRICE: $31.68 Product Type: Paperback - 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: 0.7" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.65 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. |