The Licit Life of Capitalism is both an account of a specific
capitalist project-U.S. oil companies working off the shores of
Equatorial Guinea-and a sweeping theorization of more general forms
and processes that facilitate diverse capitalist projects around
the world. Hannah Appel draws on extensive fieldwork with managers
and rig workers, lawyers and bureaucrats, the expat wives of
American oil executives and the Equatoguinean women who work in
their homes, to turn conventional critiques of capitalism on their
head, arguing that market practices do not merely exacerbate
inequality; they are made by it. People and places differentially
valued by gender, race, and colonial histories are the terrain on
which the rules of capitalist economy are built. Appel shows how
the corporate form and the contract, offshore rigs and economic
theory are the assemblages of liberalism and race, expertise and
gender, technology and domesticity that enable the licit life of
capitalism-practices that are legally sanctioned, widely
replicated, and ordinary, at the same time as they are messy,
contested, and, arguably, indefensible.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
