| Landscapes of Power: Politics of Energy in the Navajo Nation Contributor(s): Powell, Dana E. (Author) |
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ISBN: 082236994X ISBN-13: 9780822369943 Publisher: Duke University Press OUR PRICE: $27.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies - Nature | Environmental Conservation & Protection - General - Business & Economics | Industries - Energy |
| Dewey: 333.790 |
| LCCN: 2017032010 |
| Series: New Ecologies for the Twenty-First Century |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6" W x 8.9" (1.15 lbs) 336 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Native American - Topical - Ecology - Geographic Orientation - New Mexico |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In Landscapes of Power Dana E. Powell examines the rise and fall of the controversial Desert Rock Power Plant initiative in New Mexico to trace the political conflicts surrounding native sovereignty and contemporary energy development on Navajo (Din ) Nation land. Powell's historical and ethnographic account shows how the coal-fired power plant project's defeat provided the basis for redefining the legacies of colonialism, mineral extraction, and environmentalism. Examining the labor of activists, artists, politicians, elders, technicians, and others, Powell emphasizes the generative potential of Navajo resistance to articulate a vision of autonomy in the face of twenty-first-century colonial conditions. Ultimately, Powell situates local Navajo struggles over energy technology and infrastructure within broader sociocultural life, debates over global climate change, and tribal, federal, and global politics of extraction. |