To the Last Drop – Affective Economies of Extraction and Sentimentality

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To the Last Drop – Affective Economies of Extraction and Sentimentality is written by Axelle Germanaz and published by transcript Verlag. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 3839464102 (ISBN 10) and 9783839464106 (ISBN 13).

The romance of extraction underlies and partly defines Western modernity and our cultural imaginaries. Combining affect studies and environmental humanities, this volume analyzes societies' devotion to extraction and fossil resources. This devotion is shaped by a nostalgic view on settler colonialism as well as by contemporary »affective economies« (Sara Ahmed). The contributors examine the links between forms of extractivism and gendered discourses of sentimentality and the ways in which cultural narratives and practices deploy the sentimental mode (in plots of attachment, sacrifice, and suffering) to promote or challenge extractivism.