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In thirteen sharp essays, the contributors to Decay attend to the processes and experiences of symbolic and material forms of decay in a variety of sociopolitical contexts across the globe.
In thirteen sharp essays, the contributors to Decay attend to the processes and experiences of symbolic and material forms of decay in a variety of sociopolitical contexts across the globe.
Über den Autor
Ghassan Hage, editor
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Acknowledgments vii
Introduction: States of Decay / Ghassan Hage 1
1. Forever "Falling Apart": Semiotics and Rhetorics of Decay / Violeta Schubert 17
2. Trash and Treasure: Pathologies of Permanence on the Margins of Our Plastic Age / Debra McDougall 28
3. Infrastructure as Decay and the Decay of Infrastructure / Akhil Gupta 37
4. The Waterfall at the End of the World: Earthquakes, Entropy, and Explanation / Monica Minnegal, Michael Main, and Peter D. Dwyer 47
5. "Vile Corpse": Urban Decay as Human Beauty and Social Pollution / Michael Herzfeld 58
6. Decay or Fresh Contact? The Morality of Mixture after War's End / Bart Klem 73
7. Seeds of Decay / Fabio Mattioli 86
8. Discourses of Decay in Settler Colonial Australia / Elise Klein 99
9. Decay as Decline in Social Viability among Ex-Militiamen in Lebanon / Ghassan Hage 110
10. Relational Decay: White Helpers in Australia's Indigenous Communities / Cameo Dalley 128
11. Decay, Rot, Mold, and Resistance in the US Prison System / Tamara Kohn 140
References 153
Contributors 171
Index 175
Introduction: States of Decay / Ghassan Hage 1
1. Forever "Falling Apart": Semiotics and Rhetorics of Decay / Violeta Schubert 17
2. Trash and Treasure: Pathologies of Permanence on the Margins of Our Plastic Age / Debra McDougall 28
3. Infrastructure as Decay and the Decay of Infrastructure / Akhil Gupta 37
4. The Waterfall at the End of the World: Earthquakes, Entropy, and Explanation / Monica Minnegal, Michael Main, and Peter D. Dwyer 47
5. "Vile Corpse": Urban Decay as Human Beauty and Social Pollution / Michael Herzfeld 58
6. Decay or Fresh Contact? The Morality of Mixture after War's End / Bart Klem 73
7. Seeds of Decay / Fabio Mattioli 86
8. Discourses of Decay in Settler Colonial Australia / Elise Klein 99
9. Decay as Decline in Social Viability among Ex-Militiamen in Lebanon / Ghassan Hage 110
10. Relational Decay: White Helpers in Australia's Indigenous Communities / Cameo Dalley 128
11. Decay, Rot, Mold, and Resistance in the US Prison System / Tamara Kohn 140
References 153
Contributors 171
Index 175
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2021 |
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Fachbereich: | Völkerkunde |
Produktart: | Nachschlagewerke |
Rubrik: | Völkerkunde |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
ISBN-13: | 9781478014737 |
ISBN-10: | 1478014733 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Redaktion: | Hage, Ghassan |
Hersteller: | Duke University Press |
Maße: | 229 x 152 x 10 mm |
Von/Mit: | Ghassan Hage |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 05.11.2021 |
Gewicht: | 0,263 kg |
Über den Autor
Ghassan Hage, editor
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Acknowledgments vii
Introduction: States of Decay / Ghassan Hage 1
1. Forever "Falling Apart": Semiotics and Rhetorics of Decay / Violeta Schubert 17
2. Trash and Treasure: Pathologies of Permanence on the Margins of Our Plastic Age / Debra McDougall 28
3. Infrastructure as Decay and the Decay of Infrastructure / Akhil Gupta 37
4. The Waterfall at the End of the World: Earthquakes, Entropy, and Explanation / Monica Minnegal, Michael Main, and Peter D. Dwyer 47
5. "Vile Corpse": Urban Decay as Human Beauty and Social Pollution / Michael Herzfeld 58
6. Decay or Fresh Contact? The Morality of Mixture after War's End / Bart Klem 73
7. Seeds of Decay / Fabio Mattioli 86
8. Discourses of Decay in Settler Colonial Australia / Elise Klein 99
9. Decay as Decline in Social Viability among Ex-Militiamen in Lebanon / Ghassan Hage 110
10. Relational Decay: White Helpers in Australia's Indigenous Communities / Cameo Dalley 128
11. Decay, Rot, Mold, and Resistance in the US Prison System / Tamara Kohn 140
References 153
Contributors 171
Index 175
Introduction: States of Decay / Ghassan Hage 1
1. Forever "Falling Apart": Semiotics and Rhetorics of Decay / Violeta Schubert 17
2. Trash and Treasure: Pathologies of Permanence on the Margins of Our Plastic Age / Debra McDougall 28
3. Infrastructure as Decay and the Decay of Infrastructure / Akhil Gupta 37
4. The Waterfall at the End of the World: Earthquakes, Entropy, and Explanation / Monica Minnegal, Michael Main, and Peter D. Dwyer 47
5. "Vile Corpse": Urban Decay as Human Beauty and Social Pollution / Michael Herzfeld 58
6. Decay or Fresh Contact? The Morality of Mixture after War's End / Bart Klem 73
7. Seeds of Decay / Fabio Mattioli 86
8. Discourses of Decay in Settler Colonial Australia / Elise Klein 99
9. Decay as Decline in Social Viability among Ex-Militiamen in Lebanon / Ghassan Hage 110
10. Relational Decay: White Helpers in Australia's Indigenous Communities / Cameo Dalley 128
11. Decay, Rot, Mold, and Resistance in the US Prison System / Tamara Kohn 140
References 153
Contributors 171
Index 175
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2021 |
---|---|
Fachbereich: | Völkerkunde |
Produktart: | Nachschlagewerke |
Rubrik: | Völkerkunde |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
ISBN-13: | 9781478014737 |
ISBN-10: | 1478014733 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Redaktion: | Hage, Ghassan |
Hersteller: | Duke University Press |
Maße: | 229 x 152 x 10 mm |
Von/Mit: | Ghassan Hage |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 05.11.2021 |
Gewicht: | 0,263 kg |
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