Dispossession and the Environment

Rhetoric and Inequality in Papua New Guinea

Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Nature, Environment, Environmental Conservation & Protection, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Anthropology
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Author: Paige West ISBN: 9780231541923
Publisher: Columbia University Press Publication: October 11, 2016
Imprint: Columbia University Press Language: English
Author: Paige West
ISBN: 9780231541923
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication: October 11, 2016
Imprint: Columbia University Press
Language: English

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.

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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.

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