On the Nervous Edge of an Impossible Paradise: Affect, Tourism, Belize

by Kenneth Little

There are beastly forces in Belize. Forces that are actively involved in making paradise impossible. On the Nervous Edge of an Impossible Paradise is a collection of seven stories about local lives in the fictional village of Wallaceville. They turn rogue in the face of runaway forces that take the form and figure of a Belize beast-time, which can appear as a comic mishap, social ruin, tragic excess, or wild guesses. Inciting the affective politics...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1789206464
• ISBN13: 9781789206463
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"