Consuming Life in Post-Bubble Japan edited by Katarzyna J. Cwiertka and Ewa Machotka.
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TextSeries: Consumption and sustainability in Asia ; 1Publisher: Project Muse, Manufacturer: Project MUSE, Description: 1 online resource (1 EPUB unpaged) : illustrationsISBN: 9789048530021; 9048530024Subject(s): Salvage (Waste, etc.) -- Japan | Consumer behavior -- Japan | Consumption (Economics) -- Environmental aspects -- Japan | Consumption (Economics) -- Japan | Japan -- Social conditions -- 1989-Genre/Form: Electronic books. | Electronic books. Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification: 339.470952 LOC classification: HC465.C6 | C66 2018Online resources: Full text available: Summary: This multidisciplinary book analyses the contradictory coexistence of consumerism and environmentalism in contemporary Japan. It focuses on the dilemma that the diffusion of the concepts of sustainability and recycling has posed for everyday consumption practices, and on how these concepts have affected, and were affected by, the production and consumption of art. Special attention is paid to the changes in consumption practices and environmental consciousness among the Japanese public that have occurred since the 1990s and in the aftermath of the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disasters of March 2011.
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This multidisciplinary book analyses the contradictory coexistence of consumerism and environmentalism in contemporary Japan. It focuses on the dilemma that the diffusion of the concepts of sustainability and recycling has posed for everyday consumption practices, and on how these concepts have affected, and were affected by, the production and consumption of art. Special attention is paid to the changes in consumption practices and environmental consciousness among the Japanese public that have occurred since the 1990s and in the aftermath of the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disasters of March 2011.
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