Author | Anna Tsing |
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Language | English |
Subject | Capitalism, Commodity chain, Matsutake, Anthropocene |
Publisher | Princeton University Press |
Publication date | 2015 |
Media type | Print (Hardback) |
Pages | 352 pp. |
ISBN | 9781400873548 |
The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins is a 2015 book by the biracial Chinese American anthropologist Anna Tsing. The book describes the globalizedcommodity chains that exist around matsutake mushrooms that only grow in human-disturbed forests.
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Critical reception[edit]
The Mushroom at the End of the World Quotes. We can still explore the overgrown verges of our blasted landscapes - the edges of capitalist discipline, scalability, and abandoned resource plantations. We can still catch the scent of the latent commons - and the elusive autumn aroma.” ― Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing, The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins.
The book won the following awards:
- 2016 Victor Turner Prize in Ethnographic Writing from the Society for Humanistic Anthropology
- 2016 Gregory Bateson Prize from the Society for Cultural Anthropology
- Kirkus Reviews, Best Nonfiction books of 2015, Business and Economics
- Kirkus Reviews, Best Nonfiction books of 2015, Science
- Times Higher Education, Best Books of 2015
Reviews[edit]
- Bell, Joshua A. (2017). 'The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins by Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing'. Anthropological Quarterly. 90 (1): 277–282. doi:10.1353/anq.2017.0011. ISSN1534-1518.
- Cons, Jason (2016). 'The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins'. The Journal of Asian Studies. 75 (3): 798–800. doi:10.1017/s0021911816000656. ISSN0021-9118.
- Helmreich, Stefan (2016). 'The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins'. American Ethnologist. 43 (3): 570–572. doi:10.1111/amet.12356. ISSN0094-0496.
- Kim, Eleana J. (2017). 'The Arts of Noticing: The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins'. Current Anthropology. 58 (1): 138–140. doi:10.1086/690139. ISSN0011-3204.
- Padwe, Jonathan (2018). 'The mushroom at the end of the world: on the possibility of life in capitalist ruins'. The Journal of Peasant Studies. 46 (2): 433–437. doi:10.1080/03066150.2018.1492777. ISSN0306-6150.
- Pham, Yamoi (2016). 'The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins'. East Asian Science, Technology and Society. 11 (4): 613–616. doi:10.1215/18752160-3667933. ISSN1875-2160.
- Sullivan, Sian (2018). 'On possibilities for salvaged polyphonic ecologies in a ruined world'(PDF). Dialogues in Human Geography. 8 (1): 69–72. doi:10.1177/2043820617738835. ISSN2043-8206.
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Related reading[edit]
- Lorimer, Jamie (2017). 'The Anthropo-scene: A guide for the perplexed'. Social Studies of Science. 47 (1): 117–142. doi:10.1177/0306312716671039. ISSN0306-3127. PMID28195027.
- Haraway, Donna; Ishikawa, Noboru; Gilbert, Scott F.; Olwig, Kenneth; Tsing, Anna; Bubandt, Nils (2015). 'Anthropologists Are Talking – About the Anthropocene'. Ethnos. 81 (3): 535–564. doi:10.1080/00141844.2015.1105838.
- Haraway, Donna (2015). 'Anthropocene, Capitalocene, Plantationocene, Chthulucene: Making Kin'. Environmental Humanities. 6 (1): 159–165. doi:10.1215/22011919-3615934. ISSN2201-1919.
- Orr, Yancey; Lansing, J. Stephen; Dove, Michael R. (2015). 'Environmental Anthropology: Systemic Perspectives'. Annual Review of Anthropology. 44 (1): 153–168. doi:10.1146/annurev-anthro-102214-014159. ISSN0084-6570.
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Author | Anna Tsing |
---|---|
Language | English |
Subject | Capitalism, Commodity chain, Matsutake, Anthropocene |
Publisher | Princeton University Press |
Publication date | 2015 |
Media type | Print (Hardback) |
Pages | 352 pp. |
ISBN | 9781400873548 |
The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins is a 2015 book by the biracial Chinese American anthropologist Anna Tsing. The book describes the globalizedcommodity chains that exist around matsutake mushrooms that only grow in human-disturbed forests.
- 3Links
Critical reception[edit]
The book won the following awards:
- 2016 Victor Turner Prize in Ethnographic Writing from the Society for Humanistic Anthropology
- 2016 Gregory Bateson Prize from the Society for Cultural Anthropology
- Kirkus Reviews, Best Nonfiction books of 2015, Business and Economics
- Kirkus Reviews, Best Nonfiction books of 2015, Science
- Times Higher Education, Best Books of 2015
Reviews[edit]
- Bell, Joshua A. (2017). 'The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins by Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing'. Anthropological Quarterly. 90 (1): 277–282. doi:10.1353/anq.2017.0011. ISSN1534-1518.
- Cons, Jason (2016). 'The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins'. The Journal of Asian Studies. 75 (3): 798–800. doi:10.1017/s0021911816000656. ISSN0021-9118.
- Helmreich, Stefan (2016). 'The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins'. American Ethnologist. 43 (3): 570–572. doi:10.1111/amet.12356. ISSN0094-0496.
- Kim, Eleana J. (2017). 'The Arts of Noticing: The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins'. Current Anthropology. 58 (1): 138–140. doi:10.1086/690139. ISSN0011-3204.
- Padwe, Jonathan (2018). 'The mushroom at the end of the world: on the possibility of life in capitalist ruins'. The Journal of Peasant Studies. 46 (2): 433–437. doi:10.1080/03066150.2018.1492777. ISSN0306-6150.
- Pham, Yamoi (2016). 'The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins'. East Asian Science, Technology and Society. 11 (4): 613–616. doi:10.1215/18752160-3667933. ISSN1875-2160.
- Sullivan, Sian (2018). 'On possibilities for salvaged polyphonic ecologies in a ruined world'(PDF). Dialogues in Human Geography. 8 (1): 69–72. doi:10.1177/2043820617738835. ISSN2043-8206.
Links[edit]
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Related reading[edit]
- Lorimer, Jamie (2017). 'The Anthropo-scene: A guide for the perplexed'. Social Studies of Science. 47 (1): 117–142. doi:10.1177/0306312716671039. ISSN0306-3127. PMID28195027.
- Haraway, Donna; Ishikawa, Noboru; Gilbert, Scott F.; Olwig, Kenneth; Tsing, Anna; Bubandt, Nils (2015). 'Anthropologists Are Talking – About the Anthropocene'. Ethnos. 81 (3): 535–564. doi:10.1080/00141844.2015.1105838.
- Haraway, Donna (2015). 'Anthropocene, Capitalocene, Plantationocene, Chthulucene: Making Kin'. Environmental Humanities. 6 (1): 159–165. doi:10.1215/22011919-3615934. ISSN2201-1919.
- Orr, Yancey; Lansing, J. Stephen; Dove, Michael R. (2015). 'Environmental Anthropology: Systemic Perspectives'. Annual Review of Anthropology. 44 (1): 153–168. doi:10.1146/annurev-anthro-102214-014159. ISSN0084-6570.
Retrieved from 'https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Mushroom_at_the_End_of_the_World&oldid=884449354'