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OverviewThe Amazon in Times of War presents both direct and indirect evidence showcasing the deliberate state policies behind the violence and devastation inflicted upon the Brazilian Amazon and its inhabitants. The collection features firsthand accounts detailing not just physical assaults, but also economic and institutional harm. The essays traverse diverse themes while adhering to a chronological sequence, zeroing in on a pivotal period commencing in 2018. In November of that year, following a second electoral round, Jair Bolsonaro assumed the presidency of an already fragmented nation. The world observed in astonishment as a relatively obscure conservative federal deputy, a former army captain with fervent neoliberal inclinations, rose to helm the largest country in South America. That menace became a calculated political agenda aimed at the obliteration of the world’s largest biome and its peoples, which encompasses nine South American nations. His forthright rhetoric strikingly echoed that of his North American counterpart, leading the media to dub him the “Trump of the Tropics.” Full Product DetailsAuthor: Marcos ColónPublisher: Practical Action Publishing Imprint: Practical Action Publishing Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.325kg ISBN: 9781788534376ISBN 10: 1788534379 Pages: 194 Publication Date: 08 October 2024 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Forthcoming Availability: Not yet available  This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of ContentsForeword by John Hemming Introduction Part 1 – The Amazon in Times of War 1. Environmental Fascism is Haunting the Amazon 2. The Fire Balance Sheet 3. A Brief Overview of Violence in the Amazon 4. The Year of Killing 5. Two Men Missing in the Amazon’s ‘Wild West’ 6. ‘Letting the Herd Through’: Changes in Environmental Laws During the Pandemic 7. Will the Amazon Rainforest Become a Commodity? Part 2 – The Amazon and the Pandemic 8. Hunger in the Amazon – The Invisible Companion of Covid-19 9. Deregulation and Deforestation Fuel the Pandemic in the Amazon 10. Healthcare Means Going to the Community 11. Brazil’s Yanomami People: Silence, Devastation and Fear 12. Above the Marombas: The Pandemic in the Amphibious Amazon 13. The Amazon and the Enigma of ‘Pure Luck’ Part 3 – Beyond War: Life in the Amazon 14. A Paradise Under Suspicion 15. Only a Global Coalition Will Save the Indigenous Peoples of the Amazon 16. Amazônia Redux: A Re-evaluation of Urgent Needs 17. Stepping Softly on the Earth 18. COP26: Cognitive Dissonance 19. Another Brazil is Possible 20. Epilogue: The Amazon Is Still At War Afterword: We Are All Amazonians by Scott SlovicReviews'These essays situate the Bolsonaro period as one of acute disaster but hardly divergent from the general thrust of Amazonian transformation a kind of alchemy of changing life into dead commodities.' Susanna Hetch, University of California, Los Angeles 'These essays are fresh and heartfelt and together are a powerful call for humanity to heed the voices of Indigenous peoples in the Amazon, to learn from them, and to act now.' Fiona Watson, Survival International 'This book is vital reading for anyone engaged by the hauntings and hopes, the fears and promise that suffuse Earth's greatest tropical forest.' Rob Nixon, Princeton University 'The Amazon in Times of War is a must-read for all who care about the future of the rainforest -- and planet Earth.' Scott Wallace, author of The Unconquered: In Search of the Amazon's Last Uncontacted Tribes 'Col�n, through his compelling images and testimonials from the Amazonian peoples, has exposed to humanity the tragedy of the Amazon's destruction at the hands of the most nefarious interests of logging companies and garimpeiros, associated with multinational corporations and the blind pursuits of global capitalism.' Enrique Leff, National Autonomous University of Mexico Author InformationMarcos Colón is the Southwest Borderlands Initiative Professor of Media and Indigenous Communities at Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. His research focuses on Brazilian literary and cultural studies, with a particular emphasis on the Amazon, Indigenous studies, and representations of natureculture in documentary film and world cinema. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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