Patagonian Sublime

Marcos Mendoza is an assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Mississippi in Oxford.

• ContentsList of AcronymsList of Spanish TermsList of ImagesAcknowledgementsPrefaceIntroductionPart One: The Sphere of Tourism Consumption1          Alpine-Style Mountaineering: Resolve and Death in the Andes2          Adventure Trekking: Pursuing the Alpine SublimePart Two: The Sphere of Service Production3          Comerciante Entrepreneurship: Investment Hazard and Ethical Laboring4          Golondrina Laboring: Informality and PlayPart Three: The Sphere of the Conservation State5          Community-Based Conservation: Land Managers and State-Civil Society Collaborations6          Conservation Policing: Education and Environmental ImpactsPart Four: The Politics of the Green Economy7          Defending Popular Sustainability in la Comuna8          Kirchnerismo and the Politics of the Green EconomyConclusionAcknowledgmentsNotesBibliographyIndexAbout the Author

"The Patagonian Sublime is a groundbreaking analysis of the green economy's contradictory logics in post-neoliberal Argentina. While Mendoza's book is one of the most important contributions to political ecology in years, it is his vivid and nuanced portrayal of the mountaineers, trekkers, and others who work, play and risk their lives in these Alpine landscapes that will keep you reading."— Laura Ogden, author of Swamplife: People, Gators, and Mangroves Entangled in the Everglades"In this compelling book, Marcos Mendoza captures the ambivalent allure both of the imposing Patagonian landscape and of the ecotourism economy nurtured within it by the progressively populist Kirchners. Evocatively written and elegantly argued, The Patagonian Sublime will be of interest to scholars and students in diverse fields including anthropology, geography and political ecology as well as environmental, development and Latin American studies."— Robert Fletcher, author of Romancing the Wild: Cultural Dimensions of Ecotourism"A rewarding and generous book....Its writing style captures different levels of complexity, and the book will therefore be useful for teaching on both undergraduate and graduate courses of anthropology, geography, political ecology and environmental sciences. It is also a pleasure to read if one simply wants to read a good book."— Journal of Latin American Studies"The Patagonian Sublime is a groundbreaking analysis of the green economy's contradictory logics in post-neoliberal Argentina. While Mendoza's book is one of the most important contributions to political ecology in years, it is his vivid and nuanced portrayal of the mountaineers, trekkers, and others who work, play and risk their lives in these Alpine landscapes that will keep you reading."— Laura Ogden, author of Swamplife: People, Gators, and Mangroves Entangled in the Everglades"In this compelling book, Marcos Mendoza captures the ambivalent allure both of the imposing Patagonian landscape and of the ecotourism economy nurtured within it by the progressively populist Kirchners. Evocatively written and elegantly argued, The Patagonian Sublime will be of interest to scholars and students in diverse fields including anthropology, geography and political ecology as well as environmental, development and Latin American studies."— Robert Fletcher, author of Romancing the Wild: Cultural Dimensions of Ecotourism"A rewarding and generous book....Its writing style captures different levels of complexity, and the book will therefore be useful for teaching on both undergraduate and graduate courses of anthropology, geography, political ecology and environmental sciences. It is also a pleasure to read if one simply wants to read a good book."— Journal of Latin American Studies