Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 156
Trim: 6½ x 9¼
978-0-7425-3012-6 • Hardback • November 2005 • $135.00 • (£104.00)
978-0-7425-3013-3 • Paperback • November 2005 • $49.00 • (£38.00)
978-0-7425-7891-3 • eBook • November 2005 • $46.50 • (£36.00)
Gay Hawkins is associate professor in cultural theory in the School of Media, Film, and Theatre at the University of New South Wales.
Chapter 1 Preface
Chapter 2 1 An Overflowing Bin
Chapter 3 2 Plastic Bags
Chapter 4 3 Shit
Chapter 5 4 A Dumped Car
Chapter 6 5 Empty Bottles
Chapter 7 6 Worms
Chapter 8 Bibliography
Those who read this welcome addition to the field will be treated to a book that is well written, often clever, and surprisingly insightful.....
— Grant J. Rich
A broad-ranging and highly readable book.....
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Hawkins explores the intersections of habits, bodies, ethics, and waste matter, toggling her discourse between acknowledging the material reality of various wastes and the views derived from cultural theory. Presents alternative approaches to waste in today's world....
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