Plastic Water : The Social and Material Life of Bottled Water /

"How did branded bottles of water insinuate themselves into our daily lives? Why did water become an economic good--no longer a common resource but a commercial product, in industry parlance a "fast moving consumer good," or FMCG? Plastic Water examines the processes behind this trans...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Hawkins, Gay (Autor), Race, Kane (Autor), Potter, Emily (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2015]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Drinking water.
Bottled water industry.
Bottled water.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Environmental Economics.
drinking water.
Eau potable > Aspect social.
Eau potable.
Eau en bouteille > Aspect social.
Eau en bouteille.
Eau en bouteille > Industrie > Aspect social.
Eau en bouteille > Industrie.
Drinking water > Social aspects.
Bottled water > Social aspects.
Bottled water industry > Social aspects.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Packaging water
  • From containers to contents : branding water
  • Frequent sipping : assembling the subject of hydration
  • Drinking water arrangements in Bangkok : accommodating bottles
  • Enacting water scarcity in Chennai
  • Practices of economization : recycling plastic bottles in Hanoi
  • Contesting bottled water markets : issues and material publics
  • Spinning the bottle : ethically branded bottled water and the rise of cause-related marketing
  • Conclusions.

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