Paige West: 4 books
Conservation Is Our Government Now
The Politics of Ecology in Papua New Guinea
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2006
A significant contribution to political ecology, Conservation Is Our Government Now is an ethnographic examination of the history and social effects of conservation and development efforts in Papua New Guinea. Drawing on extensive fieldwork conducted over a period of seven years, Paige West focuses...
Dispossession and the Environment
Rhetoric and Inequality in Papua New Guinea
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2016
When journalists, developers, surf tourists, and conservation NGOs cast Papua New Guineans as living in a prior nature and prior culture, they devalue their knowledge and practice, facilitating their dispossession. Paige West's searing study reveals how a range of actors produce and reinforce inequalities...
From Modern Production to Imagined Primitive
The Social World of Coffee from Papua New Guinea
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2012
In this vivid ethnography, Paige West tracks coffee as it moves from producers in Papua New Guinea to consumers around the world. She illuminates the social lives of the people who produce coffee, and those who process, distribute, market, and consume it. The Gimi peoples, who grow coffee in Papua...
Shaping Shakespeare for Performance
The Bear Stage
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2015
Shaping Shakespeare for Performance: The Bear Stage collects significant work from the 2013 Blackfriars Conference. The conference, sponsored by the American Shakespeare Center, brings together scholars, actors, directors, dramaturges, and students to share important new work on the staging practices...