{"product_id":"pigeon-trouble-bestiary-biopolitics-in-a-deindustrialized-america-paperback","title":"Pigeon Trouble: Bestiary Biopolitics in a Deindustrialized America - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHoon Song\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePigeon Trouble\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles a foreign-born, birdphobic anthropologist's venture into the occult craft of pigeon shooting in the depths of Pennsylvania's anthracite coal country. Though initially drawn by a widely publicized antipigeon shoot protest by animal rights activists, the author quickly finds himself traversing into a territory much stranger than clashing worldviews--an uncanny world saturated with pigeon matters, both figuratively and literally.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat transpires is a sustained meditation on self-reflexivity as the author teeters at the limit of his investigation--his own fear of birds. The result is an intimate portrayal of the miners' world of conspiracy theory, anti-Semitism, and whiteness, all inscribed one way or another by pigeon matters, and seen through the anguished eyes of a birdphobe. This bestiary experiment through a phobic gaze concludes with a critique on the visual trope in anthropology's self-reflexive turn.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn ethnographer with a taste for philosophy, Song writes in a distinctive descriptive and analytical style, obsessed with his locale and its inhabitants, constantly monitoring his own reactions and his impact on others, but always teasing out larger implications to his subject.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHoon Song is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Minnesota.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 17, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42130657804423,"sku":"9780812222708","price":47.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/daf6aff01f13a06c5e36fc04c5c4d336.webp?v=1732612720","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/pigeon-trouble-bestiary-biopolitics-in-a-deindustrialized-america-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}