On the Nervous Edge of an Impossible Paradise

On the Nervous Edge of an Impossible Paradise Affect, Tourism, Belize - New Directions in Anthropology

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Publisher's Synopsis

There are beastly forces in Belize. Forces that are actively involved in making paradise impossible. On the Nervous Edge of an Impossible Paradise is a collection of seven stories about local lives in the fictional village of Wallaceville. They turn rogue in the face of runaway forces that take the form and figure of a Belize beast-time, which can appear as a comic mishap, social ruin, tragic excess, or wild guesses. Inciting the affective politics of life in the region, this fable of emergence evokes the unnerving uncertainties of life in the tourist state of Belize.

Book information

ISBN: 9781805393443
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Imprint: Berghahn Books
Pub date:
Edition: 1st edition
Language: English
Number of pages: 204 .
Weight: -1g