Botany of Empire by Banu Subramaniam
We see how colonizers obliterated plant times deep history to create a reductionist system that imposed a Latin-based naming system, drew on the imagined sex lives of European elites to explain plant sexuality, and discussed foreign plants like foreign humans."Provocative. . The book challenges plant science to better see the ways in which it has been profoundly shaped by European colonialism and how imperial attitudes, theories and practices endure."
* Guardian *"The field of plant-humanities includes botany, taxonomy and plant evolution on the one hand, and literature, law and the arts on the other. Recent publications have covered botanical histories, imperialist plant-collecting fervor, queer botany, botanical art and Indigenous methodologies associated with botany, to name just a few. What comes as a huge relief is a book weaving together these interconnected tendrils, while also blooming with personal anecdotes and even fictional stories."
* The Conversation *"Botany of Empire will prove to be a valuable read for scholars and students of critical plant studies, postcolonial ecocriticism, ecofeminism, queer ecology and indigenous studies."
* South Asian Review *Banu Subramaniam is professor of women, gender, and sexuality studies at University of Massachusetts Amherst and author of Holy Science and Ghost Stories for Darwin.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780295752464 |
| ISBN 10 | 0295752467 |
| Title | Botany of Empire |
| Author | Banu Subramaniam |
| Series | Feminist Technosciences |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | University of Washington Press |
| Year published | 2024-06-25 |
| Number of pages | 328 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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