Format:
1 online resource (199 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781529211481
Content:
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.
Content:
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.
Note:
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781529211474
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Munro, Kirstin The production of everyday life in eco-conscious households Bristol : Bristol University Press, 2023 ISBN 9781529211474
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1529211476
Language:
English
Subjects:
Sociology
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