Urban Pollution: Cultural Meanings, Social Practices (Environmental Anthropology and Ethnobiology, 15, Band 15) - Softcover

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ISBN 10: 1782385088 ISBN 13: 9781782385080

Verlag: Berghahn Books, 2014

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Re-examining Mary Douglas' work on pollution and concepts of purity, this volume explores modern expressions of these themes in urban areas, examining the intersections of material and cultural pollution. It presents ethnographic case studies from a range of cities affected by globalization processes such as neoliberal urban policies, privatization of urban space, continued migration and spatialized ethnic tension. What has changed since the appearance of Purity and Danger? How have anthropological views on pollution changed accordingly? This volume focuses on cultural meanings and values that are attached to conceptions of 'clean' and 'dirty', purity and impurity, healthy and unhealthy environments, and addresses the implications of pollution with regard to discrimination, class, urban poverty, social hierarchies and ethnic segregation in cities.

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Eveline Dürr is Professor at the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Ludwig- Maximilians-University, Munich. She has conducted fieldwork in Mexico, the USA and Germany, and also in New Zealand while she was Associate Professor at the Auckland University of Technology. Her research focuses on urban anthropology, cultural identities and representations.

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• Verlag: Berghahn Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1782385088
• ISBN 13: 9781782385080
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 218
• Herausgeber: Dürr Eveline, Jaffe Rivke
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: gpsr@libri.de; gpsr@libri.de; ; Friedensallee 273; Hamburg; 22763; Deutschland