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Book SynopsisHow do race and nature work as terrains of power? Synthesizing a number of fields - anthropology, cultural studies, and critical race, feminist, and postcolonial theory, this title analyses diverse historical, cultural, and spatial locations.
Trade Review“A stunning and original collection. As far as the essays here excavate the many valences of 'race' and 'nature' and the 'racisms' and 'naturalisms' that operate and mobilize them, they are cautiously hopeful, and write eloquently against the reproduction and government of life through these exclusive terms.”—Lisa Lowe, author of
Immigrant Acts: On Asian American Cultural Politics"This is a pathbreaking volume on the cultural politics of race, nature, and power. A range of innovative contributions address the most pressing questions regarding the mutually mediating ‘traffic’ between the terms of nature, culture, and race. This book now sets the standard in thinking critically—that is, politically—about the racial cultures of nature, difference, and distinction."—David Theo Goldberg, author of
The Racial StateTable of ContentsAcknowledgments vii
Introduction: The Cultural Politics of Race and Nature: Terrains of Power and Practice / Donald S. Moore, Anand Pandian, and Jake Kosek 1
Part One. Calculating Improvements 71
1. After the Great White Error . . . The Great Black Mirage / Paul Gilroy 73
2. Simians, Savages, Skulls, and Sex: Science and Colonial Militarism in Nineteenth-Century South Africa / Zine Magubane 99
3. “The More You Kill the More You Will Live”: The Maya, “Race,” and Biopolitical Hopes fro Peace in Guatemala / Diane M. Nelson 122
Part Two. Landscapes of Purity and Pollution
4. “There is a Land Where Everything is Pure": Linguistic Nationalism and Identity Politics in Germany / Uli Linke 149
5. “On the Raggedy Edge of Risk": Articulations of Race and Nature after Biology / Bruce Braun 175
6. Beyond Ecoliberal “Common Futures": Environmental Justice, Toxic Touring, and a Transcommunal Politics of Place / Giovanna Di Chiro 204
7. Inventing the Heterozygote: Molecular Biology, Racial Identity, and the Narratives of Sickle-Cell Disease, Tay-Sachs, and Cystic Fibrosis / Keith Wailoo 235
8. For the Love of a Good Dog: Webs of Action in the World of Dog Genetics / Donna Haraway 254
9. Intimate Publics: Race, Property, and Personhood / Robyn Wiegman 296
Part Four. The Politics of Representation 321
10. Men in Paradise: Sex Tourism and the Political Economy of Masculinity / Steven Gregory 323
11. Pulp Fictions of Indigenism / Alcida Ramos 356
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Masyarakat Adat, Difference, and the Limits of Recognition in Indonesia’s Forest Zone / Tania Murray Li 380
Bibliography 407
Contributors 461
Index 465
