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UNINA9910824282303321 |
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Titolo |
Histories of the dustheap : waste, material cultures, social justice / / edited by Stephanie Foote and Elizabeth Mazzolini |
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Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-63778-2 |
0-262-30569-0 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (304 p.) |
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Collana |
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Rban and industrial environments |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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FooteStephanie |
MazzoliniElizabeth <1973-> |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Refuse and refuse disposal - Social aspects |
Refuse and refuse disposal - Political aspects |
Waste products - Social aspects |
Waste products - Political aspects |
Material culture |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Urban and Industrial Environments Series; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Histories of the Dustheap; Part I The Subjectivities of Garbage; 1 Darker Shades of Green: Love Canal, Toxic Autobiography, and American Environmental Writing; 2 "The Most Radical View of the Whole Subject": George E. Waring Jr., Domestic Waste, and Women's Rights; 3 Enviroblogging: Clearing Green Space in a Virtual World; Part II The Places of Garbage; 4 Missing New Orleans: Tracking Knowledge and Ignorance through an Urban Hazardscape |
5 What Gets Buried in a Small Town: Toxic E-Waste and Democratic Frictions in the Crossroads of the United States6 The Garbage Question on Top of the World; Part III The Cultural Contradictions of Garbage; 7 Purification or Profit: Milwaukee and the Contradictions of Sludge; 8 The Rising Tide against Plastic Waste: Unpacking Industry Attempts to Influence the Debate; 9 Time Out of Mind: The Animation of Obsolescence in The Brave Little Toaster; Conclusion: Object Lessons; About the Contributors; Index; Series List |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This volume provides an examination of how garbage reveals the |
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