Imperial debris :
Imperial debris : on ruins and ruination /
edited by Ann Laura Stoler.
- Durham ; London : Duke University Press, c2013.
- xi, 365 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-353) and index.
TB1316/3
GBP 24.00
Introduction. "The rot remains": from ruins to ruination / Ann Laura Stoler -- Decompositions of matter and mind -- An acoustic register: tenacious images, congolese scenes of rape, and repetition / Nancy Hunt -- The coolie: an unfinished epic / E. Valentine Daniel -- Empire's ruins: Detroit to the Amazon / Greg Grandin -- Living in ruins: degradations and regenerations -- Detritus in Durban: polluted environs and the biopolitics of refusal / Sharad Chari -- Ruins, redemption and Brazil's imperial exception / John Collins -- When a demolished house becomes a public square / Ariella Azoulay -- Anticipating the imperial future -- The void: invisible ruins on the edges of empire / Gastcentn Gordillo -- Engineering the future as nuclear ruin / Joseph Masco -- The future in ruins / Vyjayanthi Rao.
9780822353614 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Postcolonialism.--Social aspects.
325.3 IMP
Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-353) and index.
TB1316/3
GBP 24.00
Introduction. "The rot remains": from ruins to ruination / Ann Laura Stoler -- Decompositions of matter and mind -- An acoustic register: tenacious images, congolese scenes of rape, and repetition / Nancy Hunt -- The coolie: an unfinished epic / E. Valentine Daniel -- Empire's ruins: Detroit to the Amazon / Greg Grandin -- Living in ruins: degradations and regenerations -- Detritus in Durban: polluted environs and the biopolitics of refusal / Sharad Chari -- Ruins, redemption and Brazil's imperial exception / John Collins -- When a demolished house becomes a public square / Ariella Azoulay -- Anticipating the imperial future -- The void: invisible ruins on the edges of empire / Gastcentn Gordillo -- Engineering the future as nuclear ruin / Joseph Masco -- The future in ruins / Vyjayanthi Rao.
9780822353614 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Postcolonialism.--Social aspects.
325.3 IMP