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The production of everyday life in eco-conscious households : compromise, conflict, complicity /
Drawing on qualitative fieldwork, this book sheds much-needed light on how sustainability-oriented households balance priorities and get things done in day-to-day life, offering crucial insights about eco-conscious living at an individual level.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bristol :
Bristol University Press,
2023.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover
- The Production pf Everyday Life in Eco-conscious Households: Compromise, Conflict, Complicity
- Copyright information
- Dedication
- Table of contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction: "This Can't Be All Up to Me"
- On the grid
- Background
- Household production and sustainability
- Sixteen years in Portlandia
- Methodological overview
- Intimacy, friendship, and feminist research
- A note on deception
- Recruiting my informants
- The interviews
- Outline of the book
- Conclusion
- References
- 2 Eco-Conscious Household Production and Capitalist Society
- Other possible theoretical frameworks
- The theoretical framework for this book
- The reproduction of capitalist society
- Household production and its role in social reproduction
- Wants, needs, and the "basket of goods"
- A caveat
- Conclusion
- References
- 3 Priorities in Eco-Conscious Households
- Introducing my informants
- Families of origin
- Origins of sustainability values and practices
- Current living arrangements and family structures
- Household sustainability priorities
- Personal health
- Nature
- Waste
- Technology
- Community
- Conclusion
- References
- 4 Resources and Constraints in Eco-Conscious Households
- Household resources
- Resources from waged work
- Resources from extended family and friends
- Resources from government and nonprofits
- Resources from research
- Resources from gleaning, borrowed and free items, and theft
- Resources from unwaged work
- Household constraints
- Time constraints
- Budget constraints
- Social and cultural constraints
- Information constraints
- Conclusion
- References
- 5 Managing Household Waste
- Trash and "packaging"
- Recycling
- Composting
- Diapers
- Toilet waste
- References
- 6 Cleanliness and Comfort
- Cleanliness
- Showering
- Laundry
- Household cleaning
- Comfort
- Comfort when it's cold outside
- Temperatures
- Equipment
- Actions
- Comfort when it's warm outside
- Temperatures
- Equipment
- Actions
- Conclusion
- References
- 7 Doing Their Own Research
- Learning skills
- Types of research
- Health research
- Research about the environmental impact of choices
- Motivations for research
- Research consequences
- Conclusion
- References
- 8 Conflict
- Conflicts between adult household members
- Conflicts between adults and their own parents
- Conflicts between adults and children
- Conflicts between children and the outside world
- Internal conflicts and guilt
- Conclusion
- 9 "How Do We Live with Ourselves?"
- Overview
- Budgeting
- Carbon budgeting and compromise
- Giving things up for sanity
- Anti-natalist informants
- Conclusion
- References
- 10 Conclusion: "We Have Met the Enemy and He Is Us"
- Producing sustainability in households
- Suggestions for future research
- Practices in "conventional" households
- Practices in thrift-minded households