Race, Nature, and the Politics of Difference

Published by Duke University Press 2003

Race, Nature, and the Politics of Difference

Edited by: Donald S. Moore , Jake Kosek and Anand Pandian

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780822384656

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About this book

A collection of essays that show the interdependence of concepts of race and nature.

Author / Editor information

Donald S. Moore is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley.

Jake Kosek is a geographer and a Lang Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford University.

Anand Pandian is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley.

Reviews

“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 State

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
INTRODUCTION. The Cultural Politics of Race and Nature: Terrains of Power and Practice Donald S. Moore, Anand Pandian and Jake Kosek Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
PART ONE. Calculating Improvements
1. After the Great White Error . . . the Great Black Mirage Paul Gilroy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	73
2. Simians, Savages, Skulls, and Sex Science and Colonial Militarism in Nineteenth-Century South Africa Zine Magubane Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	99
3. ‘‘The More You Kill the More You Will Live’’ The Maya, ‘‘Race,’’ and Biopolitical Hopes for Peace in Guatemala Diane M. Nelson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	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 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	149
5. ‘‘On the Raggedy Edge of Risk’’ Articulations of Race and Nature After Biology Bruce Braun Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	175
6. Beyond Ecoliberal ‘‘Common Futures’’ Environmental Justice, Toxic Touring, and a Transcommunal Politics of Place Giovanna Di Chiro Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	204
PART THREE. Communities of Blood and Belonging
7. Inventing the Heterozygote Molecular Biology, Racial Identity, and the Narratives of Sickle Cell Disease, Tay-Sachs, and Cystic Fibrosis Keith Wailoo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	235
8. For the Love of a Good Dog Webs of Action in the World of Dog Genetics Donna Haraway Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	254
9. Intimate Publics Race, Property, and Personhood Robyn Wiegman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	296
PART FOUR. The Politics of Representation
10. Men in Paradise Sex Tourism and the Political Economy of Masculinity Steven Gregory Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	323
11. Pulp Fictions of Indigenism Alcida Rita Ramos Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	356
12. Masyarakat Adat, Difference, and the Limits of Recognition in Indonesia’s Forest Zone Tania Murray Li Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	380
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	407
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	461
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	465

Language: English
Publisher: Duke University Press
Pages
- Main content: 488
Illustrations
- Other: 4 b&w photos

eBook

Published: May 20, 2003
ISBN: 9780822384656