Waste: consuming postwar Japan

Introduction : meaning and value in the everyday -- Imperatives of waste -- Better living through consumption -- Wars against waste -- A bright stinginess -- Consuming desires -- Living the good life? -- Battling the time thieves -- Greening consciousness -- We are all waste conscious now -- Sorting...

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1. Verfasser: Siniawer, Eiko Maruko (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Ithaca ; London Cornell University Press 2018
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Zusammenfassung:Introduction : meaning and value in the everyday -- Imperatives of waste -- Better living through consumption -- Wars against waste -- A bright stinginess -- Consuming desires -- Living the good life? -- Battling the time thieves -- Greening consciousness -- We are all waste conscious now -- Sorting things out -- Afterword : waste and well-being
"A history of the many and changing ideas of waste in Japan from the mid-1940s to the present"--
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:x, 398 Seiten Illustrationen 24 cm
ISBN:9781501725845