The nature of spectacle : on images, money, and conserving capitalism / Jim Igoe.

By:

Igoe, Jim, 1964- [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Critical green engagementsPublication details: Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, 2017.Description: xiv, 161 pages : maps ; 23 cmISBN:

9780816530441

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

333.72 IGO 23

Contents:

Introduction: the spectacle of nature and circuits of capitalism -- 1. Making, managing, and marketing East African nature -- 2. A landscape that functions ecologically and economically? -- 3. Seeing the world to save the world -- 4. Wise exchange, convention space, and transnational tournaments of value -- 5. Consume, connect, conserve -- 6. Some last(ing) stories and reflections.

Summary: "A thoughtful treatise on how popular representations of nature, through entertainment and tourism, shape how we imagine environmental problems and their solutions"--Provided by publisher.

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Item type	Home library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	ATREE Library General Stacks	333.72 IGO (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		5486

Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-152) and index.

"A thoughtful treatise on how popular representations of nature, through entertainment and tourism, shape how we imagine environmental problems and their solutions"--Provided by publisher.

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