Gore capitalism
"Written by the Tijuana activist intellectual Sayak Valencia, Gore Capitalism is a crucial essay that posits a decolonial, feminist philosophical approach to the outbreak of violence in Mexico and, more broadly, across the global regions of the Third World. Valencia argues that violence itself has become a product within hyperconsumerist neoliberal capitalism, and that tortured and mutilated bodies have become commodities to be traded and utilized for profit in an age of impunity and governmen…
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- Full title :Gore capitalism / Sayak Valencia ; translated by John Pluecker.
Summary
"Written by the Tijuana activist intellectual Sayak Valencia, Gore Capitalism is a crucial essay that posits a decolonial, feminist philosophical approach to the outbreak of violence in Mexico and, more broadly, across the global regions of the Third World. Valencia argues that violence itself has become a product within hyperconsumerist neoliberal capitalism, and that tortured and mutilated bodies have become commodities to be traded and utilized for profit in an age of impunity and governmental austerity" -- Back cover.
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- Publication Date:©2018
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Semiotext(e)
- Place of Publication:South Pasadena, CA
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2018
Notes
English translations of: Capitalismo gore. Barcelona : Melusina, 2010.
"Written by the Tijuana activist intellectual Sayak Valencia, Gore Capitalism is a crucial essay that posits a decolonial, feminist philosophical approach to the outbreak of violence in Mexico and, more broadly, across the global regions of the Third World. Valencia argues that violence itself has become a product within hyperconsumerist neoliberal capitalism, and that tortured and mutilated bodies have become commodities to be traded and utilized for profit in an age of impunity and governmental austerity" -- Back cover.
The Physical Object
- Description:330 pages ; : 18 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781635900125, 1635900123
- oclc:on1004094880
- LC Classification:PQ7298.432.A445
- Dewey Decimal:864/.7
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