Dispossession and the Environment: Rhetoric and Inequality in Papua New Guinea

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.

Author: Paige West
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 10/11/2016
Pages: 216
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.70d
ISBN13: 9780231178792
ISBN10: 0231178794
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Indigenous Studies
- Social Science | Developing & Emerging Countries
- Social Science | Anthropology | Cultural & Social

About the Author
Paige West is professor of anthropology at Barnard College and Columbia University.