Understories - The Political Life of Forests in Northern New Mexico

Informationen zum Autor Jake Kosek Klappentext An ethnography of the political and cultural investments in contestations between environmentalists, Chicanos, Native Americans, and government officials over the northern New Mexico forests. Zusammenfassung A lively! engaging ethnography that demonstrates how a volatile politics of race! class! and nation animates the infamously violent struggles over forests in the U.S. Southwest. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface vii Acknowledgments xvii Introduction 1 1. The Cultural Politics of Memory and Longing 30 2. Sovereign Natures 62 3. Passionate Attachments and the Nature of Belonging 103 4. Racial Degradation and Environmental Anxieties 142 5. “Smokey Bear is a White Racist Pig” 183 6. Nuclear Natures: In the Shadows of the City on a Hill 228 Conclusion: On Piñon and Politics 276 Notes 289 Works Cited 345 Index 371

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Jake Kosek
• Editore: Duke University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 08.12.2006
• EAN: 9780822338321
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-3832-1
• Pagine: 408
• Dimensioni: 159 mm x 235 mm x 32 mm
• Serie: A John Hope Franklin Center Book; John Hope Franklin Center Book; A John Hope Franklin Center Book; John Hope Franklin Center Book
• Categorie: Saggistica > Natura, tecnica > Natura: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Biologia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie