Friction An Ethnography of Global Connection

Name: Friction An Ethnography of Global Connection
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ISBN: 9780691120652

ISBN-10: 069112065X

ISBN-13: 9780691120652

Edition: 2005

Authors: Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing

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A wheel turns because of its encounter with the surface of the road; spinning in the air it goes nowhere. Rubbing two sticks together produces heat and light; one stick alone is just a stick. In both cases, it is friction that produces movement, action, effect. Challenging the widespread view that globalization invariably signifies a "clash" of cultures, anthropologist Anna Tsing here develops friction in its place as a metaphor for the diverse and conflicting social interactions that make up our contemporary world. She focuses on one particular "zone of awkward engagement"--the rainforests of Indonesia--where in the 1980s and the 1990s capitalist interests increasingly reshaped the…

Book details

List price: $37.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 11/28/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 344
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.254
Language: English



Preface


Introduction



Prosperity


"Better you had brought me a bomb, so I could blow this place up"



Frontiers of Capitalism


"They communicate only in sign language"



The Economy of Appearances



Knowledge


"Let a new Asia and a new Africa be born"



Natural Universals and the Global Scale


"Dark rays"



Nature Loving


"This earth, this island Borneo"



A History of Weediness



Freedom


"A hair in the flour"



Movements


"Facilities and incentives"



The Forest of Collaborations


Coda


Notes


References


Index