Creatures of fashion : animals, global markets, and the transformation of Patagonia / John Soluri.
| Author/creator | Soluri, John author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2024] |
| Description | 252 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Flows, migrations, and exchanges Flows, migrations, and exchanges. ^A1347336 |
| Contents | Patchworks: a material history of people and animals in Patagonia -- Birthplaces -- Displacements -- Replacements: the labor of reproduction -- The work of fashion -- The wild side: hunting guanacos -- Making a place for guanacos -- Exposed seams: reworking people and animals in Patagonia. |
| Abstract | "Today, the mention of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego conjures images of idyllic landscapes untouched by globalization. Creatures of Fashion upends this, revealing how the exploitation of animals - terrestrial and marine, domesticated and wild, living and dead - was central to the region's transformation from Indigenous lands into the national territories of Argentina and Chile. Drawing on evidence from archives and digital repositories, John Soluri traces the circulation of furs and fibers to explore how the power of fashion stretched far beyond Europe's houses of haute couture to entangle the fates of Indigenous hunters, migrant workers, and textile manufacturers with those of fur seals, guanacos, and sheep at the 'end of the world.' From the nineteenth-century rise of commercial hunting to twentieth-century sheep ranching to contemporary conservation-based tourism, Soluri's narrative explains how struggles for control over the production of commodities and the reproduction of animals drove the social and environmental changes that tied Patagonia to global markets, empires, and wildlife conservation movements. By exposing seams in national territories and global markets knit together by force, this book provides perspectives and analyses vital for understanding contemporary conflicts over mass consumption, the conservation of biodiversity, and struggles for environmental justice in Patagonia and beyond"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2023047040 |
| ISBN | 9781469675718 hardcover |
| ISBN | 1469675714 hardcover |
| ISBN | 9781469675725 paperback |
| ISBN | 1469675722 paperback |
| ISBN | electronic book |
| ISBN | electronic book |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | HD9424 .A83 P387 2024 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |