ISBN:
9780816543458
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (XIV, 161 Seiten)
Series Statement:
Critical green engagements: investigating the green economy and its alternatives
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Igoe, Jim, 1964 - The nature of spectacle
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Brockington, Dan Nature unbound
DDC:
333.72
Keywords:
Naturschutz
;
Ökotourismus
;
Ostafrika
;
Nature conservation Economic aspects
;
Ecotourism
;
Spectacular, The
;
Capitalism
;
Naturschutzgebiet
;
Politik
Abstract:
"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
Abstract:
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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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