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Consuming Life in Post-Bubble Japan : a Transdisciplinary Perspective.
This multidisciplinary book analyzes the contradictory coexistence of consumerism and environmentalism in contemporary Japan. It focuses on the dilemma that the diffusion of the concepts of sustainability and recycling has posed for everyday consumption practices, and on how these concepts have affe...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam :
Amsterdam University Press,
2018.
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| Colección: | Consumption and Sustainability in Asia Ser.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This multidisciplinary book analyzes the contradictory coexistence of consumerism and environmentalism in contemporary Japan. It focuses on the dilemma that the diffusion of the concepts of sustainability and recycling has posed for everyday consumption practices, and on how these concepts have affected, and were affected by, the production and consumption of art. Special attention is paid to the changes in consumption practices and environmental consciousness among the Japanese public that have occurred since the 1990s and in the aftermath of the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disasters of March 2011. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (263 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9048530024 9789048530021 |
| Acceso: | Open Access |