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THE MUSHROOM AT THE END OF THE WORLD
ON THE POSSIBILITY OF LIFE IN CAPITALIST RUINS |
| By: |
Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing |
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Paperback |
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£16.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0691178321 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780691178325 |
| Publisher: |
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
19 September, 2017 |
| Pages: |
352 |
| Synopsis: |
Matsutake is the most valuable mushroom in the world-and a weed that grows in human-disturbed forests across the northern hemisphere. Through its ability to nurture trees, matsutake helps forests to grow in daunting places. It is also an edible delicacy in Japan, where it sometimes commands astronomical prices. In all its contradictions, matsutake offers insights into areas far beyond just mushrooms and addresses a crucial question: what manages to live in the ruins we have made? A tale of diversity within our damaged landscapes, The Mushroom at the End of the World follows one of the strangest commodity chains of our times to explore the unexpected corners of capitalism. Here, we witness the varied and peculiar worlds of matsutake commerce: the worlds of Japanese gourmets, capitalist traders, Hmong jungle fighters, industrial forests, Yi Chinese goat herders, Finnish nature guides, and more. These companions also lead us into fungal ecologies and forest histories to better understand the promise of cohabitation in a time of massive human destruction.By investigating one of the world's most sought-after fungi, The Mushroom at the End of the World presents an original examination into the relation between capitalist destruction and collaborative survival within multispecies landscapes, the prerequisite for continuing life on earth. |
| Illustrations: |
29 b/w illus. |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Princeton University Press |
| Prizes: |
Winner of Bloomberg Businessweek's Best Books of the Year 2016
Winner of Winner of the 2016 Victor Turner Prize in Ethnographic Writing,
Commended for Northern California Book Awards in General Nonfiction,
Short-listed for "Flavorwire"'s 10 Best Books by Academic Publishers 2015
Short-listed for "Kirkus Reviews" Best Nonfiction Books of the Year in
Short-listed for "Kirkus Reviews" Best Nonfiction Books of the Year in
Short-listed for "Times Higher Education"'s Best Books of the Year 2015 |
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