Megan Kuster
Biographic Data
| ID | 3601455 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Megan Kuster |
| GIVEN NAMES | Megan |
| FAMILY NAME | Kuster |
| SIGNATURE | KUSTER M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Australian National University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0985-6705 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Commodities and Literature
Global commodities, from tea and sugar to coal and oil, have had an enduring presence in literary texts. Commodity cultures have also shaped literary ones, from the early influence of the literary coffeehouse to the serial novels facilitated by print's own emergence as a mass commodity. This book offers an accessible overview of the many intersections between literature and commodities. Tracing the stories of goods as diverse as coffee, rum, opiu…
Kinship and Indigenous Anti-Commodities
Examining the entangled relations between commodities and kin in Indigenous literature, this chapter presents an Indigenous/non-Indigenous research collaboration in the form of dialogue. The first part of the chapter analyses how two Indigenous memoirs, Maria Campbell’s Halfbreed (1973) and Jesse Thistle’s From the Ashes (2019), critique western commodification by elaborating on concepts of relationality and responsibility. The second part of the…
Global Commodity Chains and Local Use-Value
Global Commodity Chains and Local Use-Value:William Colenso, natural history collecting and Indigenous labour Megan Kuster On 20 January 1842, the joint botanical-missionary expedition led by Church Missionary Society printer William Colenso (1811-99) was making its way on foot from the hill of Te Wairere to the pa of Tapiri, through the interior of New Zealand's North Island. The travelling party was still regrouping following a poor night's sle…
Global Commodity Chains and Local Use-Value
Global Commodity Chains and Local Use-Value:William Colenso, natural history collecting and Indigenous labour Megan Kuster On 20 January 1842, the joint botanical-missionary expedition led by Church Missionary Society printer William Colenso (1811-99) was making its way on foot from the hill of Te Wairere to the pa of Tapiri, through the interior of New Zealand's North Island. The travelling party was still regrouping following a poor night's sle…
Global Commodity Chains and Local Use-Value
Global Commodity Chains and Local Use-Value:William Colenso, natural history collecting and Indigenous labour Megan Kuster On 20 January 1842, the joint botanical-missionary expedition led by Church Missionary Society printer William Colenso (1811-99) was making its way on foot from the hill of Te Wairere to the pa of Tapiri, through the interior of New Zealand's North Island. The travelling party was still regrouping following a poor night's sle…
Commodities and Literature
Global commodities, from tea and sugar to coal and oil, have had an enduring presence in literary texts. Commodity cultures have also shaped literary ones, from the early influence of the literary coffeehouse to the serial novels facilitated by print's own emergence as a mass commodity. This book offers an accessible overview of the many intersections between literature and commodities. Tracing the stories of goods as diverse as coffee, rum, opiu…
Kinship and Indigenous Anti-Commodities
Examining the entangled relations between commodities and kin in Indigenous literature, this chapter presents an Indigenous/non-Indigenous research collaboration in the form of dialogue. The first part of the chapter analyses how two Indigenous memoirs, Maria Campbell’s Halfbreed (1973) and Jesse Thistle’s From the Ashes (2019), critique western commodification by elaborating on concepts of relationality and responsibility. The second part of the…
Indigenous (3 works) · Commodity (2 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (1 works) · Archaeology (1 works) · Art history (1 works) · Australian Indigenous Culture and History (1 works) · Biology (1 works) · Business (1 works) · Ceremony (1 works) · Commodification (1 works)