Take four emblematic American scenes: the Hall of Biodiversity at the American Museum of Natural History in New York; Disneyrsquo;s Animal Kingdom theme park in Orlando; an ecotour of Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks; the film An Inconvenient Truth. Other than expressing a common interest in the environment; they seem quite dissimilar.And yet; as Governing the Wild makes clear; these sites are all manifestations of green governmentality; each seeking to define and regulate our understanding; experience; and treatment of nature. Stephanie Rutherford shows how the museum presents a scientized assessment of global nature under threat; the Animal Kingdom demonstrates that a corporation can successfully organize a biopolitical project; the ecotour; operating as a school for a natural aesthetic sensibility; provides a visual grammar of pristine national nature; and the film offers a toehold on a moral way of encountering nature. But one very powerful force unites the disparate ldquo;truthsrdquo; of nature produced through these sites; and that; Rutherford tells us; is their debt to naturersquo;s commodification.Rutherfordrsquo;s analysis reveals how each site integrates nature; power; and profit to make the buying and selling of nature critical to our understanding and rescuing of it. The combination; she argues; renders other ways of encountering naturemdash;particularly more radically environmental waysmdash;unthinkable.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Check this out if youre trying to learn the rise and decline of Hip-HopBy The CRITICMy favorite book on the rise and decline of Hip-Hop. This dude writes the gospel!5 of 8 people found the following review helpful. Total ChaosBy Reyronald F. PinedaGreat book. Everything you would want in an academic book. Highly recommend it to your friends14 of 15 people found the following review helpful. The anthology includes interviews. first-person experience and analysisBy Midwest Book ReviewMost books on hip hop fall into the music category: not so TOTAL CHAOS: THE ART AND AESTHETICS OF HIP-HOP. compiled and edited by Jeff Chang whose contributors informatively and thoughtful consider the evolution. presence. and impact of hip-hop as a cultural expression and social commentary. From its commercial world to its cultural and artistic roots. TOTAL CHAOS offers students of sociology an excellent survey that runs the gamut from gender issues to artistic conflicts within the hiphop environment. The anthology includes interviews. first-person experience and analysis yet is lively enough for the general-interest library. as well.
