Plastic water the social and material life of bottled water /

Hawkins, Gay,

Plastic water the social and material life of bottled water / Gay Hawkins, Emily Potter, and Kane Race. - Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, (c)2015. - 1 online resource.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Packaging water -- From containers to contents : branding water -- Frequent sipping : assembling the subject of hydration -- Drinking water arrangements in Bangkok : accommodating bottles -- Enacting water scarcity in Chennai -- Practices of economization : recycling plastic bottles in Hanoi -- Contesting bottled water markets : issues and material publics -- Spinning the bottle : ethically branded bottled water and the rise of cause-related marketing -- Conclusions.



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Bottled water industry.
Bottled water industry--Social aspects.
Bottled water.
Bottled water--Social aspects.
Drinking water.
Drinking water--Social aspects.


Electronic Books.

HD9349 / .P537 2015