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Rubble : The Afterlife of Destruction

Based on ethnographic research in the foothills of the Argentine Andes, Gastón R. Gordillo reveals the spatial, historical, and affective ruptures embodied in debris. For the rural poor, the rubble left in the wake of capitalist and imperialist endeavors is not romanticized ruin but the material ma...

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Auteur principal: Gordillo, Gastón R.
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Durham : Duke University Press, 2014.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Table des matières:
  • Acknowledgments; Introduction: Constellations; Part One. Ghosts of Indians; Chapter One. A Haunted Frontier; Chapter Two. On the Edge of the Void; Part Two. Lost Cities; The Destruction of Space; Chapter Three. Land of Curses and Miracles; Chapter Four. The Ruins of Ruins; Part Three. Residues of a Dream World; Treks across Fields of Rubble; Chapter Five. Ships Stranded in the Forest; Chapter Six. Bringing a Destroyed Place Back to Life; Chapter Seven. Railroads to Nowhere; Part Four. The Debris of Violence; Bright Objects; Chapter Eight. Topographies of Oblivion.
  • Chapter Nine. Piles of BonesChapter Ten. The Return of the Indians; Conclusion: We Aren't Afraid of Ruins; Notes; References; Index.