Conservation is sexy! What makes this so, and what does this make? An engagement with Celebrity and the environment

Conservation is sexy! What makes this so, and what does this make? An engagement with Celebrity and the environment

This essay offers an engagement with Daniel Brockington′s (2009) recent book Celebrity and the environment. I highlight the book′s contribution to debate regarding processes of human displacement arising through biodiversity conservation under conditions of neoliberal capitalism. I first situate the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sian Sullivan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2011-01-01
Series:Conservation & Society
Subjects:
conservation
celebrity
displacement
neoliberalism
tourism
spectacle
capitalism
biodiversity
biocultural diversity
finance
Online Access:http://www.conservationandsociety.org/article.asp?issn=0972-4923;year=2011;volume=9;issue=4;spage=334;epage=345;aulast=Sullivan

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http://www.conservationandsociety.org/article.asp?issn=0972-4923;year=2011;volume=9;issue=4;spage=334;epage=345;aulast=Sullivan

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