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.