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Troubled natures : waste, environment, Japan /

This work casts an anthropological lens over two Tokyo neighbourhoods, comparing environmental consciousness and conduct in communities facing specific toxic threats (real or perceived). In each field-site, the tension between lofty rhetoric and daily practices helps highlight the practical ambivale...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kirby, Peter Wynn, 1968- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, ©2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This work casts an anthropological lens over two Tokyo neighbourhoods, comparing environmental consciousness and conduct in communities facing specific toxic threats (real or perceived). In each field-site, the tension between lofty rhetoric and daily practices helps highlight the practical ambivalence of Japanese environmental consciousness.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xi, 250 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-240) and index.
ISBN:9780824860776
0824860772
9780824870515
0824870514