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Record Nr.

UNINA9910480707603321

Autore

Green Louise <1968->

Titolo

Fragments from the history of loss : the nature industry and the postcolony / / Louise Green

Pubbl/distr/stampa

University Park, Pennsylvania : , : The Pennsylvania State University Press, , [2020]

©2020

ISBN

0-271-08758-7

9780271087603

0271087609

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

AnthropoScene: the SLSA book series

Disciplina

304.2

Soggetti

Nature - Effect of human beings on

Nature - Effect of human beings on - South Africa

Climatic changes - Social aspects

Climatic changes - Social aspects - South Africa

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The nature industry -- Nature in fragments -- Living in the subjunctive -- The primitive accumulation of nature -- The cult of the wild -- Privatizing nature -- Living at the end of nature.

Sommario/riassunto

"Examines the theoretical framing of "nature" in South Africa and beyond. Analyzes myths and fantasies that have brought the world to a point of climate catastrophe and continue to shape the narratives through which it is understood"--