Beyond straw men : plastic pollution and networked cultures of care
Phaedra C. Pezzullo
Bok · Engelsk · 2023
| Omfang | xiii, 266 sider : illustrasjoner
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| Opplysninger | Introduction : care amid oceans of trouble -- #ThereIsNoAway : carbon-heavy masculinity and the life/death cycle of plastics -- Have a coke and a #FootprintCalculator : the myth of recycling and transnational greenwashing -- From #BanPlasticsKE to #ISupportBanPlasticsKE : pissed off online, picturing participation, and policing pollution in Kenya -- Engaging #StrawlessInSeattle and #StopSucking : the loneliest whale, sporting fun, and American exceptionalism -- #SuckItAbleism intervenes : eco-normative shaming, voicing justice, and planetary fatalism -- Creating #ToiChonCa (#IChooseFish) : trauma, affective art, and big tech dominance -- Conclusion : #BreakFree(FromPlastics).. - "Addressing plastics can feel overwhelming. Guilt, shame, anger, hurt, fear, dismissiveness, and despair abound. Beyond Strawmen moves beyond "hot take" or strawman fallacies by illustrating how affective counterpublics mobilized around plastics reveal broader stories about environmental justice and social change. Inspired by on- and offline organizing, Pezzullo engages public controversies, policies, and headline-making advocates in Bangladesh, Kenya, the US, and Vietnam through hashtag activism, campaign materials, and her podcast, Communicating Care. She argues that plastics have become an entry point into contested environmental politics, including carbon-heavy masculinity, carceral policies, planetary fatalism, eco-ableism, greenwashing, marine life endangerment, pollution colonialism, and waste imperialism. Attuned to plastic attachments, Beyond Strawmen shares how unsustainable patterns of the plastics-industrial complex are resisted through imperfect but impactful networked cultures of care"--
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| ISBN | 9780520393639. - 9780520393646
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