Race, Nature, and the Politics of Difference

487 Pages·2003·1.56 MB·English

by  Donald S. Moore

Race, Nature, and the Politics of Difference

Race, Nature, and the Politics of Difference
Edited by Donald S. Moore, Jake Kosek, & Anand Pandian
Duke University Press Durham and London 2003
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data appear
on the last printed page of this book.
‘‘Masyarakat Adat, Difference, and the Limits of Recognition
in Indonesia’s Forest Zone’’ by Tania Murray Li originally
published in Modern Asian Studies, vol. 35, no. 3 (2001).
Reprinted with the permission of Cambridge University
Press.
Paul Gilroy retains the copyright for his essay ‘‘After the
Great White Error... The Great Black Mirage.’’
Donna Haraway’s chapter, ‘‘For the Love of a Good Dog:
Webs of Action in the World of Dog Genetics,’’ is a slightly
expanded version of her chapter that appears in the University
of California Press book Genetic Nature/Culture: Anthropol-
ogy and Science Beyond the Two Culture Divide, edited by
Alan Goodman et al., forthcoming March 2003. Permission to
reprint this chapter is granted by Donna Haraway and by the
University of California Press.
Contents
Acknowledgments vii
INTRODUCTION. The Cultural Politics of Race and Nature:
Terrains of Power and Practice. Donald S. Moore,
Anand Pandian, and Jake Kosek 1
PART ONE. Calculating Improvements 71
1. After the Great White Error... The Great Black Mirage.
Paul Gilroy 73
2. Simians, Savages, Skulls, and Sex: Science and Colonial Militarism
in Nineteenth-Century South Africa. Zine Magubane 99
3. ‘‘The More You Kill the More You Will Live’’: The Maya, ‘‘Race,’’
and Biopolitical Hopes for Peace in Guatemala. Diane M. Nelson 122
PART TWO. Landscapes of Purity and Pollution 147
4. ‘‘There Is a Land Where Everything Is Pure’’: Linguistic Nationalism
and Identity Politics in Germany. Uli Linke 149
5. ‘‘On the Raggedy Edge of Risk’’: Articulations of Race and Nature
after Biology. Bruce Braun 175
6. Beyond Ecoliberal ‘‘Common Futures’’: Environmental Justice,
Toxic Touring, and a Transcommunal Politics of Place.
Giovanna Di Chiro 204
PART THREE. Communities of Blood and Belonging 233
7. Inventing the Heterozygote: Molecular Biology, Racial
Identity, and the Narratives of Sickle-Cell Disease, Tay-Sachs,
and Cystic Fibrosis. Keith Wailoo 235
8. For the Love of a Good Dog: Webs of Action in the World
of Dog Genetics. Donna Haraway 254
9. Intimate Publics: Race, Property, and Personhood.
Robyn Wiegman 296
PART FOUR. The Politics of Representation 321
10. Men in Paradise: Sex Tourism and the Political Economy
of Masculinity. Steven Gregory 323
11. Pulp Fictions of Indigenism. Alcida Ramos 356
12. Masyarakat Adat, Difference, and the Limits of Recognition
in Indonesia’s Forest Zone. Tania Murray Li 380
Bibliography 407
Contributors 461
Index 465
Acknowledgments
Generous funding from the Ford Foundation, the MacArthur Foundation,
and the Rockefeller Foundation enabled our contributors to attend a con-
ference we convened at the Institute of International Studies, University of
California, Berkeley, in February 2000. Eowyn Greeno, Estee Neuwirth, Dar
Rudnyckyj, and Jennifer Sokolove provided crucial assistance for the work-
shop. Michael Watts took an early interest in the project, and his inspired
support remained critical to its completion. Our contributors are appreciated
interlocutors whose work is the condition of possibility for this volume. Col-
leagues in the Departments of Anthropology and Geography at UC Berkeley
offered enabling dialogues. We also wish to thank colleagues whose par-
ticipation in the conference contributed to our collective insights: Iain Boal,
Jacqueline Nassy Brown, Lawrence Cohen, Caren Kaplan, Ruthie Gilmore,
Allan Pred, Ato Quayson, Helena Ragone, Ajay Skaria, and Steven Small.
Funding from the Agrarian Studies Program at Yale University provided cru-
cial support. For their critically constructive comments on previous ver-
sions, giving weapons to the weak, we thank Arun Agrawal, Shubhra Guru-
rani, James Scott, and Margaret Sommers. Conversations with Gillian Hart,
Barnor Hesse, Orin Starn, Amita Baviskar, Leti Volpp, and Vron Ware helped
clarify key moves, taking us beyond the pale. Paul Gilroy and Donna Hara-
way offered more than small acts and situated knowledges generative to the
project; our thanks for their gracious engagement and challenges. We are es-
pecially grateful to David Theo Goldberg and Hugh Raffles, whose extensive
critical comments sharpened our introduction; their rigorous involvement
proved both formidable and formative. At Duke, Ken Wissoker’s supportive
yet critical editorial savvy and Rebecca Johns-Danes’s insights improved the
assemblage through a Latour de force. Ginger Doll’s spirit and generosity
engendered insights about race, nature, and difference as well as a politics of
the possible. With unwavering love and guidance, Lalitha and Ganesa Pan-
dian have provided the freedom to imagine these themes otherwise. Jon and
Margaret Kosek, Julie Greenberg, and the spirit of Adam Kolff have provided
critical encouragement and continual inspiration. Our thanks for all these
ensouled practices that informed our articulations.
viii Acknowledgments
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