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Oceanic Becoming

Oceanic Becoming The Pacific Beneath the Pavements

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From disappearing coral reefs and ocean acidification to floating great garbage patches, the Pacific Ocean is an ever-present reminder of the Anthropocene. In Oceanic Becoming, Rob Wilson demonstrates that in the midst of the planetary crises the Pacific now faces, it must be understood as interconnected to the other oceans. Wilson frames this interconnection as "Oceania," reconceiving the world oceans as tied to sites of urban dwelling and life sustenance-from Boston to Brisbane-that are increasingly threatened by late capitalism. Confronting these threats, Wilson argues, requires a project he theorizes as "worlding"-a process of world-making and world-remaking across Oceania that would create new forms of belonging and connection at local, regional, and transnational levels. Wilson shows how Oceania is not just a site of peril but one charged with emergent literary and social formations that can provide the basis for new solidarities, futures, and ecologies.

Book information

ISBN: 9781478031475
Publisher: Duke University Press Books
Imprint: Duke University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 320.12091823
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Sales rank: 4498
Number of pages: 240
Weight: 363g
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm