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Spatial Residue

Plastic Affects and Configurations of Place

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Spatial Residue

Plastic Affects and Configurations of Place

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Spatial Residue: Plastic Affects and Configurations of Place explores how places, whether abandoned malls, haunted swamps, or vintage video games, hold residues of history, feeling, and imagination. Mauve Perle Tahat traces how plastic, as both material and metaphor, shapes our environments and our inner lives, linking the persistence of pollution to the persistence of memory. The book moves across cultural terrains while grounding its analysis in real spaces. Combining autotheory, spatial critique, and cultural analysis, Spatial Residue uncovers how sites of ruin, spectacle, and play reveal deeper truths about survival, resilience, and belonging. It is a book about how we navigate the strange and often dissonant worlds we inherit, and how we might imagine alternative futures from their residues.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1: A Living Memorial

Chapter 2: Portals

Chapter 3: Navigation

Chapter 4: Dead Puppets

Chapter 5: Fugazi

Chapter 6: Dismal

Chapter 7: The Carnival

Chapter 8: Beige Hell

Chapter 9: Reclamation of Space//Defiance of Despair

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About the Author

Product details

Bloomsbury Academic Test
Published May 28 2026
Format Hardback
Edition 1st
Extent 208
ISBN 9798216378150
Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
Dimensions 9 x 6 inches
Series Environment and Society
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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Mauve Perle Tahat

Mauve Perle Tahat, PhD, is a scholar of American l…

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