Oceanic Becoming by Rob Wilson - 9781478028260

Oceanic BecomingThe Pacific Beneath the Pavements\nAuthor(s): Rob Wilson\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Duke University Press, United States\nImprint: Duke University Press\nISBN-13: 9781478028260, 978-1478028260\nSynopsis\nFrom disappearing coral reefs and ocean acidification to floating great garbage patches, the Pacific Ocean is an ever-present reminder of the Anthropocene. In Oceanic Becoming, Rob Wilson demonstrates that in the midst of the planetary crises the Pacific now faces, it must be understood as interconnected to the other oceans. Wilson frames this interconnection as Oceania, reconceiving the world oceans as tied to sites of urban dwelling and life sustenance-from Boston to Brisbane-that are increasingly threatened by late capitalism. Confronting these threats, Wilson argues, requires a project he theorizes as worlding-a process of world-making and world-remaking across Oceania that would create new forms of belonging and connection at local, regional, and transnational.