To the Last Drop - Affective Economies of Extraction and Sentimentality

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Synopsis

The romance of extraction underlies and partly defines Western modernity and our cultural imaginaries. Combining affect studies and environmental humanities, this volume analyzes societies' devotion to extraction and fossil resources. This devotion is shaped by a nostalgic view on settler colonialism as well as by contemporary »affective economies« (Sara Ahmed). The contributors examine the links between forms of extractivism and gendered discourses of sentimentality and the ways in which cultural narratives and practices deploy the sentimental mode (in plots of attachment, sacrifice, and suffering) to promote or challenge extractivism.

Book details

Series:
Global Sentimentality (Book 2)
Author:
Axelle Germanaz, Daniela Gutiérrez Fuentes, Sarah Marak, Heike Paul
ISBN:
9783839464106
Related ISBNs:
9783837664102
Publisher:
transcript Verlag
Pages:
300
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
No
Date of addition:
2023-07-25
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2023
Copyright by:
N/A 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Nonfiction, Social Studies