Cultural History and the Anthropocene by Anders Ekstrm, Mari... - 9781350532601

Cultural History and the AnthropoceneOld Turns, New Encounters\nAuthor(s): Anders Ekstrm, Marit Ruge Bjrke, Brita Brenna, John demark\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom\nImprint: Bloomsbury Academic\nISBN-13: 9781350532601, 978-1350532601\nSynopsis\nThis open access collection is a comprehensive analysis of the challenges and contributions of cultural history to contemporary and cross-disciplinary discussions of the Anthropocene.\n\nOrganised into three key sections, this volume is a concise and critical overview of interdisciplinary research on the cultural history of the Anthropocene. The first part introduces readers to the key conceptual and theoretical challenges of Anthropocene debates, before the second part analyses a variety of case studies, to highlight how ethnography and cultural history can make certain processes visible and historically tangible. Key case studies explored by the volume range from sustainability in poultry production.