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To the Last Drop: Affective Economies of Extraction and Sentimentality
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Abstract 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 colonialis... view more
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.... view less
Keywords
capitalism; environment; gender; cultural studies; culture; nature; literature; sustainability
Classification
Macrosociology, Analysis of Whole Societies
Other Fields of Social Sciences
Free Keywords
Affect; Global Sentimentality; Literary Studies; Cultural Theory
Document language
English
Publication Year
2023
Publisher
transcript Verlag
City
Bielefeld
Page/Pages
298 p.
Series
Global Sentimentality, 2
DOI
https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839464106
ISSN
2751-1014
ISBN
978-3-8394-6410-6
Status
Published Version; reviewed