The Afterlife of Centralia: Presences in a Landscape of Destruction (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781508796190)

Vendor: John G. Sabol Jr
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Format: Paperback
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The Afterlife of Centralia: Presences in a Landscape of Destruction

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The Afterlife of Centralia: Presences in a Landscape of Destruction

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Format: Paperback
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Centralia can be thought of as a "remnant landscape". It is a geography of destruction that holds historic and social importance: the effects of coal mining operations on attached social communities. Centralia is "haunted" by the ghosts of place as a process that generates renewed materializations of past actions in new spaces (above rather than below ground). It has created an uncanny and haunting "afterlife" for this former coal mining town. There is still a lived experience here (the "Graffiti Highway"); there is still emotional attachment (the Memorial Day ceremonies by former residents); and there is long-term memory formation (coal mining materializations). The "wildscape" that one confronts in contemporary Centralia is a Frankenstenian assemblage of cultural traces and natural re-growth, thus disassociating itself from any landscape stereotypes. Instead, Centralia confounds acceptable boundaries between nature and culture. This is the Centralia "afterlife".

Author: John G. Sabol Jr
ISBN-10: 150879619X
ISBN-13: 9781508796190
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 03/22/2015
Pages: 184
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.56lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.39d
By John G. Sabol Jr
By John G. Sabol Jr
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John Sabol is an archaeologist, cultural anthropologist, actor, and author. As an archaeologist, he has unearthed past material remains in excavations and site surveys in England, Mexico, and at various sites in the United States (including Eastern South Dakota, the Tennessee River Valleys, and in Pennsylvania). His anthropological fieldwork includes the studies of "spirits" in the religious beliefs of the afterlife among various cultural groups in Mexico (Mixtec, Zapotec, Lacandon, Nahuatl, and Otomi). His acting career includes "ghosting" performances of various characters and scenarios in more than 35 movies, TV shows, and documentaries. He has appeared in the A&E TV series, Paranormal State as an investigative consultant.

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