Bibliograph

Dispossession and the environment, rhetoric and inequality in Papua, New Guinea, Paige West

Type

Label

Dispossession and the environment, rhetoric and inequality in Papua, New Guinea, Paige West

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Dispossession and the environment

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Paige West

Series statement

Leonard Hastings Schoff memorial lectures

Sub title

rhetoric and inequality in Papua, New Guinea

Summary

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 produces and reinforces 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

Target audience

adult

Classification