Mediascapes of Ruined Geographies in the Global South

Author:   Diego Granja do Amaral ,  A. Chukwudumebi Obute
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   2023 ed.
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Pages:   299
Publication Date:   16 August 2023
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Author:   Diego Granja do Amaral ,  A. Chukwudumebi Obute
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   2023 ed.
Weight:   0.544kg
ISBN:  

9783031315893


ISBN 10:   3031315898
Pages:   299
Publication Date:   16 August 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Part 1: Contested Geographies of the South.- 1: Naji Abu Nowar's Theeb and the Remapping of Arabia.- 2: (Re)visiting Place: Waters and barriers in Lisa Suheir Majaj's Geographies of Light, Suheir Hammad's Breaking Poems, and Anna Maria Jacir's Salt of the Sea.- 3: Puzzling Memories: Scattered Glimpses of A Journey to the (Un-Homely) Land. Part 2: Metropolis of Waste, Ruins, and Dystopia.- 4: The Visual Landscape of Waste in Mexico City: Initial Approaches.- 5: Lagos in Motion: Trailing the Environmental Ruins of Urbanization.- 6: Sertao through Narratives: The Invention of Dystopian Geography.- Part 3: Post-Extraction Environments of the South.- 7: Colonization, Resource Extraction, and War in Blood Diamond.- 8: Building Fluid Spaces: The Narrative Power of Uncertainty in Journalism Analysis.- 9: Resistance from the Global South: Nigerian Press Coverage of Bonga Oil Spill Controversy.- Part 4: Subterranean South: Cultures of Dissensus, Graffities and Incarceration.- 10: Pixacao and Sao Pauloa's Skin: Ethnographic Notes on the Challenge of a Fragmented and Verticalized City.- 11: News of Peace and War: Survival Communication Modes in the Favelas of Complexo do Alemao.- 12: Subjectivating faces: Notes on the Work with Images at Youth Correctional Centers.- Part 5: Youths, Insurrections and Southern Politics.- 13: Music, Politics and Activism: The Case of the Use of 'Carmina Burana' in Brazilian Protest.- 14: The Impossible Politics.- 15: Writing Back to Charlie Foxtrot. Ulrike Kistner.

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Diego Amaral is Postdoc researcher at the Universidade Federal de Sergipe. Dumebi Obute is Adjunct Lecturer at the University of Tubingen, Germany.

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