{"product_id":"pigeon-trouble-hoon-song-9780812222708","title":"Pigeon Trouble: Bestiary Biopolitics in a Deindustrialized America","description":"\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\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hoon Song\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0812222709\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780812222708\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Pennsylvania Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/17\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.90d","brand":"Hoon Song","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43947277648127,"sku":"9780812222708","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_5cee94de-8e37-4f53-b506-63c1dfda712f.jpg?v=1681517766","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/pigeon-trouble-hoon-song-9780812222708","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}