Culture and Waste - The Creation and Destruction of Value (Paperback)

Waste is a key category for understanding cultural value. It is not just the 'bad stuff' we dispose of; it is material we constantly struggle to redeem. Cultures seem to spend as much energy reclassifying negativity as they do on establishing the negative itself. The huge tertiary sector devoted to waste management converts garbage into money, while ecological movements continue to stress human values and 'the natural.' But the problems waste poses are never simply economic or environmental. The international contributors to this collection ask us to pause and consider the complex ways in which value is created and destroyed. Their diverse approaches of ethics, philosophy, cultural studies, and politics are at the forefront of a new field of 'ecohumanites.'

General

Imprint:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	February 2003
First published:	December 2002
Editors:	Gay Hawkins • Stephen Muecke
Contributors:	John Frow • David Halperin • Jonathon Gil Harris • Anna Neill • Suzanne Raitt • Deborah Bird Rose • Michael Taussig • Patricia Yaeger
Dimensions:	228 x 147 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	160
ISBN-13:	978-0-7425-1982-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > General Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Human geography > General
LSN:	0-7425-1982-1
Barcode:	9780742519824

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