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Despite frequent claims that waste is being reduced,
consumer-reliant economies, everyday consumption and the waste
industry continue to produce and demand more waste. Combining a
lucid style with robust empirical and theoretical research, this
book examines the root causes of the global waste problem, rather
than simply the symptoms. It challenges existing waste policies,
highlighting what needs to change if we are to get serious in
tackling this global problem. It concludes with policy implications
for shifting waste from an 'end-of-pipe' concern to being at the
heart of the debate over decarbonisation.
Despite frequent claims that waste is being reduced,
consumer-reliant economies, everyday consumption and the waste
industry continue to produce and demand more waste. Combining a
lucid style with robust empirical and theoretical research, this
book examines the root causes of the global waste problem, rather
than simply the symptoms. It challenges existing waste policies,
highlighting what needs to change if we are to get serious in
tackling this global problem. It concludes with policy implications
for shifting waste from an 'end-of-pipe' concern to being at the
heart of the debate over decarbonisation.
Domestic service is being reinstated by the middle classes. Demand
for domestic labour has increased in Britain in recent years. For
some, hiring domestic help is nothing new, but for the majority of
British households, it is beyond the range of immediate experience.
This text sets out to investigate the resurgence of demand for
waged domestic labour in Britain during the 1980s and early 1990s,
and the consequent growth of a new "servant" class. Examining the
conditions and trends which have conjoined to produce and reproduce
this labour force, the book cites two particular case studies. It
explores the day-to-day practices, composition, geography of
demand, and social relations of the two major forms of waged
domestic labour in contemporary Britain - nannies and cleaners. The
work concludes by considering the effects of the ideologies of
motherhood, false kinship relations and caring, on the ways in
which paid domestic workers are employed. It also examines the
broader theoretical implications of the study for debates on class
and gender and its implications for feminist politics.
Domestic service is being reinstated by the middle classes. Demand
for domestic labour has increased in Britain in recent years. For
some, hiring domestic help is nothing new, but for the majority of
British households, it is beyond the range of immediate experience.
This text sets out to investigate the resurgence of demand for
waged domestic labour in Britain during the 1980s and early 1990s,
and the consequent growth of a new "servant" class. Examining the
conditions and trends which have conjoined to produce and reproduce
this labour force, the book cites two particular case studies. It
explores the day-to-day practices, composition, geography of
demand, and social relations of the two major forms of waged
domestic labour in contemporary Britain - nannies and cleaners. The
work concludes by considering the effects of the ideologies of
motherhood, false kinship relations and caring, on the ways in
which paid domestic workers are employed. It also examines the
broader theoretical implications of the study for debates on class
and gender and its implications for feminist politics.
Living with Things provides an account of consumption in terms of
its centrality to our dwelling practices. Its focus is on the home,
particularly on the movement of people and things within and
through it in everyday habitation. Here dwelling is seen as an
activity, as doing things with and to the things to hand around us.
Being 'at home' is achieved through living amongst things, as well
as amongst people and other non-human presences, such as pets and
gardens. Being at home is achieved through what we do with objects,
the things that are acquired and stored, that linger around in our
homes, sometimes for decades, and which we may eventually get rid
of. These ordinary things make dwelling structures accommodating
accommodations; they make them homes. Based primarily on a former
coal-mining village in North-east England, this book explores
practices of inhabitation, from moving in or being modernised, to
the daily accommodation of sleep and children. It provides a
demonstration of what happens to consumption research when it
'comes home' and is positioned not in sites of exchange but within
the home and in households.
"Antique', 'vintage', 'previously owned', 'gently used', 'cast-off'
n the world of second hand encompasses as many attitudes as there
are names for it. The popular perception is that second- hand shops
are largely full of junk, yet the rise of vintage fashion and the
increasing desire for consumer individuality show that second hand
shopping is also very much about style. Drawing on six years of
original research, Second-Hand Cultures explores what happens when
the often contradictory motivations behind style and survival
strategies are brought together. What does second hand buying and
selling tell us about the state of contemporary consumption? How do
items that begin life as new get recycled and reclaimed? How do
second hand goods challenge the future of retail consumption and
what do the unique shopping environments in which they are found
tell us about the social relations of exchange?Answering these
questions and many more, this book fills a major gap in consumption
studies. Gregson and Crewe argue that second hand cultures are
critical to any understanding of how consumption is actually
practised. Following the life stories of goods as they travel into
and through second hand sites, the authors look at the work of
traders as well as consumers' investments in second hand
merchandise n including gifting and collecting as well as rituals
of personalization and possession. Through its revealing
investigation into the practices and customs that make up these
unconventional retail worlds, this much-needed study carefully
unpacks the persuasive allure of the 'previously owned'.
"Antique', 'vintage', 'previously owned', 'gently used', 'cast-off'
n the world of second hand encompasses as many attitudes as there
are names for it. The popular perception is that second- hand shops
are largely full of junk, yet the rise of vintage fashion and the
increasing desire for consumer individuality show that second hand
shopping is also very much about style. Drawing on six years of
original research, Second-Hand Cultures explores what happens when
the often contradictory motivations behind style and survival
strategies are brought together. What does second hand buying and
selling tell us about the state of contemporary consumption? How do
items that begin life as new get recycled and reclaimed? How do
second hand goods challenge the future of retail consumption and
what do the unique shopping environments in which they are found
tell us about the social relations of exchange?
Answering these questions and many more, this book fills a major
gap in consumption studies. Gregson and Crewe argue that second
hand cultures are critical to any understanding of how consumption
is actually practised. Following the life stories of goods as they
travel into and through second hand sites, the authors look at the
work of traders as well as consumers' investments in second hand
merchandise n including gifting and collecting as well as rituals
of personalization and possession. Through its revealing
investigation into the practices and customs that make up these
unconventional retail worlds, this much-needed study carefully
unpacks the persuasive allure of the 'previously owned'.
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