Green Asia: Ecocultures, Sustainable Lifestyles, and Ethical Consumption - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 1138854085 ISBN 13: 9781138854086

Casa editrice: Routledge, 2016

Riassunto

Economic development in Asia is associated with expanding urbanism, overconsumption, and a steep growth in living standards. At the same time, rapid urbanisation, changing class consciousness, and a new rural–urban divide in the region have led to fundamental shifts in the way ecological concerns are articulated politically and culturally. Moreover, these changes are often viewed through a Western moralistic lens, which at the same time applauds Asia’s economic growth as the welcome reviver of a floundering world economy and simultaneously condemns this growth as encouraging hyperconsumerism and a rupture with more natural ways of living. This book presents an analysis of a range of practices and activities from across Asia that demonstrate that people in Asia are alert to ecological concerns, that they are taking action to implement new styles of green living, and that Asia offers interesting alternatives to narrow Anglo-American models of sustainable living. Subjects explored include eco-tourism in the Philippines, green co-operatives in Korea, the importance of "tradition" within Asian discourses of sustainability, and much more.

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L'autore:

Tania Lewis is an Associate Professor and Deputy Dean of Research and Innovation in the School of Media and Communication at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia

Contenuti:

1. Greening Asia? Tania Lewis and Tripta Chandola  2. When Eco-chic meets Halal: Green Consumption among the Malaysian well to do Bart Barendregt  3. Japanese Environmental Ethics in a Socio-cultural Dimension Midori Kagawa-Fox  4. Low Carbon Living? Green Discourses on Chinese lifestyle TV Wanning Sun  5. Living Cooperatives in Korea: Constructing Green Lifestyles, Deconstructing Neo-liberalism Sun Yung  6. Breakfast with the Birds: Ecotourism and Consumption in Singapore Chris Hudson  7. Underground Streams: Mobile Gaming in Tokyo as a Vehicle for Rethinking the Relationship between the Environment and Agency Larissa Hjorth and Fumitoshi Kato  8. Green Marketing and Green Consciousness in India Devleena Ghosh  9. Greener than Nature: Ecotourism and Commodity Flows in the Philippines Sarah Webb  10. Producers, Citizens and Rural Economic Development: Lessons from Innovations in the Direct Supply of Artisan Goods in Japan Gavin Parker  11. Green and Clean? The Troubled Place of Slums in Delhi’s Aspirational Cityscape Tripta Chandola and Tania Lewis  12. Organic Farming in Hong Kong: Community Support Agriculture against Real Estate Hegemony Kaming Wu  13. ‘Relying on Heaven’: Sensing the Environment in Taiwanese Artisan Tea Production Scott Writer  14. Productive Green Spaces in Japanese Suburbia Makoto Yokohari, Toru Terada and Mamoru Ameriya  Afterword Chua Beng Huat

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1138854085
• ISBN 13: 9781138854086
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 206
• Redattore: Lewis Tania