Concrete Jungles
"Jaffe's excellent study provides a refreshing and meticulously derived new perspective on urban Caribbean environments, combining a comprehensive historical and ethnographic narrative of the context of people, places, and politics in the region. Insights offered on everyday livelihoods within lowincome urban neighborhoods in Curaçao and Jamaica, and the contradictory urban naturalisms found across both societies, present readers with a striking comparative understanding of Caribbean cities and contribute a much welcomed further assessment of urban anthropological and naturesociety relations in the urban South." -- Dan Howard , New West Indian Guide
In the popular imagination, the Caribbean islands represent tropical paradise. This image, which draws millions of tourists to the region annually, underlies the efforts of many environmentalists to protect Caribbean coral reefs, mangroves, and rainforests. Les mer
A thorough analysis of the hidden inequalities of mainstream environmentalism, Concrete Jungles provides a political ecology of urban pollution with significant implications for the future of environmentalism.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 200
- ISBN
- 9780190273590
- Utgivelsesår
- 2016
Anmeldelser
"Jaffe's excellent study provides a refreshing and meticulously derived new perspective on urban Caribbean environments, combining a comprehensive historical and ethnographic narrative of the context of people, places, and politics in the region. Insights offered on everyday livelihoods within lowincome urban neighborhoods in Curaçao and Jamaica, and the contradictory urban naturalisms found across both societies, present readers with a striking comparative understanding of Caribbean cities and contribute a much welcomed further assessment of urban anthropological and naturesociety relations in the urban South." -- Dan Howard , New West Indian Guide