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Plastic water : the social and material life of bottled water

Title
Plastic water : the social and material life of bottled water / Gay Hawkins, Emily Potter, and Kane Race.
Author
Hawkins, Gay.
Publication
Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2015]

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Additional Authors
  • Potter, Emily.
  • Race, Kane.
Description
xxiv, 260 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
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.
ISBN
  • 9780262029414 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 0262029413 (hardcover : alk. paper)
LCCN
  • 2015001901
  • 99964890043
OCLC
  • ocn901386511
  • 901386511
  • SCSB-9398216
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries