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
| 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.
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.
