Towards a theory of detritus : waste and value in consumer society
This thesis focuses on the complex cultural, social and material factors that combine to hasten the decay of value and precipitate disposal in contemporary consumer societies. I argue that the dominance in waste studies of constructivism as a framework for understanding the endowment of objects with...
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University of Nottingham
2012
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.594599 |