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Buzz

Autor Lisa Jean Moore, Mary Kosut
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 27 sep 2013

Suntem de părere că literatura academică a neglijat mult timp rolul insectelor în construcția identității sociale urbane, limitându-se adesea la studii de biologie sau ecologie aplicată. Volumul Buzz vine să umple această lacună, propunând o perspectivă sociologică asupra relației dintre oameni și albine în inima metropolei New York. Depășind cadrul tehnic al apiculturii, Lisa Jean Moore și Mary Kosut investighează cum această mică insectă a devenit un simbol cultural omniprezent, de la metafora „stupului” social până la mișcările ecologiste contemporane. Lucrarea extinde cadrul propus de Honey Bees de Stephen Buchmann cu date noi din spațiul urban modern, unde apicultura pe acoperișuri devine o formă de rezistență și reconectare cu natura.

Merită menționat că abordarea este una profund etnografică: autoarele nu se limitează la observația teoretică, ci participă direct la viața comunităților de apicultori, purtând costume de protecție și documentând ritualurile de recoltare a mierii în Brooklyn. Putem afirma că Buzz se înscrie natural în opera Lisei Jean Moore, continuând preocuparea sa pentru biopolitică și vizibilitatea corpurilor, teme explorate anterior în The Body Reader sau Gendered Bodies. Dacă lucrările sale precedente analizau construcția socială a corpului uman, aici focusul se mută pe intersecția dintre specii. Spre deosebire de eseistica lui Mark L. Winston din From Where I Sit – Essays on Bees, Beekeeping, and Science, care privește apicultura prin prisma responsabilității științifice, Moore și Kosut se concentrează pe modul în care interacțiunea cu albinele ne ajută, în esență, să ne definim pe noi înșine ca societate.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781479827381
ISBN-10: 147982738X
Pagini: 251
Dimensiuni: 151 x 228 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.39 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS

De ce să citești această carte

Această carte este esențială pentru studenții și cercetătorii din sociologie și antropologie, dar și pentru pasionații de ecologie urbană. Cititorul câștigă o înțelegere profundă a modului în care natura supraviețuiește în spații betonate și cum simbolismul albinelor ne influențează consumul și cultura. Este o recomandare concretă pentru cei care vor să vadă dincolo de biologia insectei, înțelegând impactul ei asupra comunităților umane moderne.


Despre autor

Lisa Jean Moore este profesoară de sociologie și studii de gen la Purchase College, State University of New York. Expertiza sa vastă în domeniul biopoliticii și al sociologiei corpului este reflectată în lucrări de referință precum „Sperm Counts” și The Body Reader. În colaborare cu Mary Kosut, Moore își extinde cercetarea asupra relațiilor inter-specii, aducând un aparat critic riguros analizei fenomenelor culturale contemporane. Este o figură centrală în editarea seriei „Biopolitics” la NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS, fiind recunoscută pentru capacitatea de a conecta științele sociale cu problemele acute de tehnosferă și sănătate.


Descriere scurtă

“Buzz is a fascinating reminder of the interconnections between humans and animals, even in that most urban of environments, New York City.”—Gary Alan Fine, author of Authors of the Storm: Meteorologists and the Culture of Prediction Bees are essential for human survival—one-third of all food on American dining tables depends on the labor of bees. Beyond pollination, the very idea of the bee is ubiquitous in our culture: we can feel buzzed; we can create buzz; we have worker bees, drones, and Queen bees; we establish collectives and even have communities that share a hive-mind. In Buzz, authors Lisa Jean Moore and Mary Kosut convincingly argue that the power of bees goes beyond the food cycle, bees are our mascots, our models, and, unlike any other insect, are both feared and revered. In this fascinating account, Moore and Kosut travel into the land of urban beekeeping in New York City, where raising bees has become all the rage. We follow them as they climb up on rooftops, attend beekeeping workshops and honey festivals, and even put on full-body beekeeping suits and open up the hives. In the process, we meet a passionate, dedicated, and eclectic group of urban beekeepers who tend to their brood with an emotional and ecological connection that many find restorative and empowering. Kosut and Moore also interview professional beekeepers and many others who tend to their bees for their all-important production of a food staple: honey. The artisanal food shops that are so popular in Brooklyn are a perfect place to sell not just honey, but all manner of goods: soaps, candles, beeswax, beauty products, and even bee pollen. Buzz also examines media representations of bees, such as children’s books, films, and consumer culture, bringing to light the reciprocal way in which the bee and our idea of the bee inform one another. Partly an ethnographic investigation and partly a meditation on the very nature of human/insect relations, Moore and Kosut argue that how we define, visualize, and interact with bees clearly reflects our changing social and ecological landscape, pointing to how we conceive of and create culture, and how, in essence, we create ourselves. Lisa Jean Moore is a feminist medical sociologist and Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies at Purchase College, State University of New York. Mary Kosut is Associate Professor of Media, Society and the Arts at Purchase College, State University of New York. In the Biopolitics series

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"Buzz is a fascinating reminder of the interconnections between humans and animals, even in that most urban of environments, New York City. Lisa Jean Moore and Mary Kosut properly remind us that this tiny insect, the humble honeybee, carries much cultural baggage--a source of honeyed food and occasionally the vector of death. As we come to recognize the limits and dangers of environmental change, Buzz reminds us that we should remember not only what bees mean to us humans, but how humans shape bee colonies. The accounts of urban beekeepers and the recent growth of tended hives throughout the boroughs emphasize that the diversity of human interests matches the diversity of nature. Ultimately, as Moore and Kosut recognize in this intrepid and lively tour of beedom, nature is cultural."-Gary Alan Fine,author of Sticky Reputations: The Politics of Collective Memory in Midcentury America"For almost as long as I have been working in the field of human-animal studies, I have wanted someone to seriously investigate people's relationships with insects. With Buzz, Lisa Jean Moore and Mary Kosut have made a unique, important, and fascinating addition to the literature. Both authors are talented and observant believers in hands-on research.After reading Buzz, you will forever see bees and those who care for them differently."-Clinton Sanders,author of Regarding Animals
"For almost as long as I have been working in the field of human-animal studies, I have wanted someone to seriously investigate people's relationships with insects. With Buzz, Lisa Jean Moore and Mary Kosut have made a unique, important, and fascinating addition to the literature. Both authors are talented and observant believers in hands-on research.After reading Buzz, you will forever see bees and those who care for them differently."--Clinton Sanders,author of Regarding Animals "Buzz is a fascinating reminder of the interconnections between humans and animals, even in that most urban of environments, New York City. Lisa Jean Moore and Mary Kosut properly remind us that this tiny insect, the humble honeybee, carries much cultural baggage--a source of honeyed food and occasionally the vector of death. As we come to recognize the limits and dangers of environmental change, Buzz reminds us that we should remember not only what bees mean to us humans, but how humans shape bee colonies. The accounts of urban beekeepers and the recent growth of tended hives throughout the boroughs emphasize that the diversity of human interests matches the diversity of nature. Ultimately, as Moore and Kosut recognize in this intrepid and lively tour of beedom, nature is cultural."--Gary Alan Fine,author of Sticky Reputations: The Politics of Collective Memory in Midcentury America "In this fascinating blend of sociology, ecology, ethnographic research, and personal memoir, the authors range through all of the aspects of the human relationship with the honeybee."--Booklist, September 2013 "Covering everything from the place of honey in artisanal food shops and health-related goods, to cultural and media images, the authors describe how the bee has manifested as a cultural representation of the natural world and how people respond to it...readers with a keen desire to understand how bees fit into society and sustainability will find this text on human/insect relations an intriguing read."--Library Journal