The Extractive Zone: Social Ecologies and Decolonial Perspectives

by Macarena Gómez-Barris

Book Overview

In The Extractive Zone Macarena G mez-Barris traces the political, aesthetic, and performative practices that emerge in opposition to the ruinous effects of extractive capital. The work of Indigenous activists, intellectuals, and artists in spaces G mez-Barris labels extractive zones--majority indigenous regions in South America noted for their biodiversity and long history of exploitative natural resource extraction--resist and refuse the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822368978
• ISBN13: 9780822368977
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary