Ends of Paradise
"The Ends of Paradise is a powerful history of the present, one that captures and participates in the struggle of a Black Indigenous people to maintain a degree of economic and cultural autonomy in the face of development projects that are marketed as sustainable ecotourism."—Kevin Coleman, Hispanic American Historical Review
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Detaljer
- Forlag
- Stanford University Press
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 232
- ISBN
- 9781503634008
- Utgivelsesår
- 2022
- Format
- 23 x 15 cm
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"The Ends of Paradise is a powerful history of the present, one that captures and participates in the struggle of a Black Indigenous people to maintain a degree of economic and cultural autonomy in the face of development projects that are marketed as sustainable ecotourism."—Kevin Coleman, Hispanic American Historical Review
"In this careful and rich ethnography, Christopher Loperena offers an incisive study of the courageous activism by Garifuna land defenders aiming to enact alternative futures based on notions of mutuality, not appropriation."—Juliet Hooker, Brown University
"The Ends of Paradise brilliantly analyzes the racial logics of on-going settler capitalist extractivism while showing the beauty and strength of the Garifuna struggle. Christopher Loperena provides a grounded look at the contemporary dilemmas facing Black and Indigenous peoples throughout much of the world."—Shannon Speed, UCLA
"An illuminating analysis of Garifuna activism. Crucial for understanding how extraction, race, and activism are unfolding around the world, The Ends of Paradise is a must read."—Lynn Stephen, University of Oregon
"Loperena provides a microhistory of individuals and organizations, sometimes in competition, navigating the pressures of land access and control, economic development, and cultural identity.... Recommended."—J. M. Rosenthal, CHOICE