UID:
almafu_9961386425402883
Umfang:
1 online resource (vii, 189 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-5292-1150-6
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1-5292-1149-2
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1-5292-1148-4
Inhalt:
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.
Anmerkung:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 18 Jan 2024).
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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.
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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 -- Practices in high-demand households -- Sustainability work and gender -- The futility of household-scale sustainability practices -- Moving forward: pragmatic pathways -- Moving forward: utopian visions -- References -- Notes -- Index.
Weitere Ausg.:
Print version: Munro, Kirstin The Production of Everyday Life in Eco-Conscious Households Bristol : Bristol University Press,c2023 ISBN 9781529211474
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.56687/9781529211481
URL:
https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/9781529211481/type/BOOK
