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Rubble : the afterlife of destruction /Gastón Gordillo

By: Gastón GordilloContributor(s): Gastón GordilloMaterial type: Text

TextPublisher number: International Book Distributors | ;Flat No.17,Prakash Apartments ,5 Ansari Road ,Daryaganj New Delhi-110002Publication details: Durham : Duke University Press , 2014Description: xiii, 315 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cmISBN: 9780822356196Subject(s): AntiquitiesGenre/Form: HistoryDDC classification: 982.301 GOR

Contents:

Introduction: constellations -- A haunted frontier -- On the edge of the void -- Land of curses and miracles -- The ruins of ruins -- Ships stranded in the forest -- Bringing a destroyed place back to life -- Railroads to nowhere -- Topographies of oblivion -- Piles of bones -- The return of the Indians -- Conclusion: we aren't afraid of ruins.

Summary: Based on ethnographic research in the foothills of the Argentine Andes, Gaston 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 manifestation of the violence and dislocation that created it.

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Introduction: constellations --
A haunted frontier --
On the edge of the void --
Land of curses and miracles --
The ruins of ruins --
Ships stranded in the forest --
Bringing a destroyed place back to life --
Railroads to nowhere --
Topographies of oblivion --
Piles of bones --
The return of the Indians --
Conclusion: we aren't afraid of ruins.

Based on ethnographic research in the foothills of the Argentine Andes, Gaston 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 manifestation of the violence and dislocation that created it.

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