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Green Consumption: The Global Rise of Eco-Chic

By: Barendregt, Bart [ed.]Contributor(s): Barendregt, Bart [ed.] | Jaffe, Rivke [ ed.]Publication details: Bloomsbury Academic, London: 2014Description: xvii, 204 p. ; 24 cmISBN: 9780857857149Subject(s): Sustainable development--Economic aspects | Environmentalism--Economic aspects | Sustainable living | Green movementDDC classification: 381.32

Contents:

Preface / Richard Wilk -- The paradoxes of eco-chic / Bart Barendregt and Rivke Jaffe -- Part One : From production to consumption. Adversaries into Partners? Brand Coca-Cola and the politics of consumer-citizenship / Robert J. Foster ; Peopling the practices of sustainable consumption : eco-chic and the limits to the spaces of intention / Raymond L. Bryant and Michael K. zGoodman ; Global gold connections : ethical consumption and the beauty of bonding artisans / Sabine Luning and Marjo De Theije -- Part II : Spatialities and temporalities. Marketing the mountain : the emergence and consequences of eco-chic practices in the Basque region / Seth Murray and Meredith Welch-Devine ; Green is the new green : eco-aesthetics in Singapore / Chris Hudson ; The caring, committed eco-mom : consumption ideals and lived realities of Toronto mothers / Kate cairns, Kim de Laat, Josée Johnston, and Shyon Baumann -- part III : Bodies and beauty. Afro-chic : beauty, ethics, and "Locks without dread" in Ghana / Anna-Riikka Kauppinen and Rachel Spronk ; Ital chic : Rastafari, resistance, and the politics of consumption in Jamaica / Rivke Jaffe ; Tropical spa culture and the face of new Asian beauty / Bart Barendregt -- Afterword : from eco-chic to eco-smart / Sharon Zukin.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
General Books	Central Library, Sikkim University	381.32 BAR/G (Browse shelf(Opens below))	C1	Available		49827
General Books	Central Library, Sikkim University	381.32 BAR/G (Browse shelf(Opens below))	C2	Available		49828

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Preface / Richard Wilk --
The paradoxes of eco-chic / Bart Barendregt and Rivke Jaffe --
Part One : From production to consumption. Adversaries into Partners? Brand Coca-Cola and the politics of consumer-citizenship / Robert J. Foster ; Peopling the practices of sustainable consumption : eco-chic and the limits to the spaces of intention / Raymond L. Bryant and Michael K. zGoodman ; Global gold connections : ethical consumption and the beauty of bonding artisans / Sabine Luning and Marjo De Theije --
Part II : Spatialities and temporalities. Marketing the mountain : the emergence and consequences of eco-chic practices in the Basque region / Seth Murray and Meredith Welch-Devine ; Green is the new green : eco-aesthetics in Singapore / Chris Hudson ; The caring, committed eco-mom : consumption ideals and lived realities of Toronto mothers / Kate cairns, Kim de Laat, Josée Johnston, and Shyon Baumann --
part III : Bodies and beauty. Afro-chic : beauty, ethics, and "Locks without dread" in Ghana / Anna-Riikka Kauppinen and Rachel Spronk ; Ital chic : Rastafari, resistance, and the politics of consumption in Jamaica / Rivke Jaffe ; Tropical spa culture and the face of new Asian beauty / Bart Barendregt --
Afterword : from eco-chic to eco-smart / Sharon Zukin.

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