Let op! Om diverse redenen kan de voorraad die hier op de website wordt getoond soms niet overeenkomen met de werkelijk aanwezige voorraad in de winkel.

The Mushroom at the End of the World

23.00

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.

Beschikbaarheid: 2 op voorraad

Artikelnummer: 36268 Categorie: Tags: , , ,
Subtitel: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins
Auteur: Tsing, Anna Lowenhaupt
Jaar: 2015
ISBN: 9780691220550
Pagina's: 331
Taal: English
Uitgever: Princeton University Press
Uitgever stad: Princeton, NJ
Verschijningsdatum:
Winkelwagen
Scroll naar boven