To the Last Drop - Affective Economies of Extraction and Sentimentality (Paperback)

Paperback. The romance of extraction underlies and partly defines Western modernity and our cultural imaginaries. Combining affect studies and environmental humanities, this volume analyzes societies' devotion to extraction and fossil resources. This devotion is shaped by a nostalgic view on settler colonialism as well as by contemporary ?affective economies? The contributors examine the links between forms of extractivism and gendered discourses of sentimentality and the ways in which cultural narratives and practices deploy the sentimental mode (in plots of attachment, sacrifice, and suffering) to promote or challenge extractivism. An examination of how forms of extractivism and gendered discourses of sentimentality are linked, combining affect studies and environmental humanities. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.