Plastic Asia
This introduction to the special issue of Plastic Asia emphasises the ambiguous and unsettling materiality of plastics. It describes how in Asian contexts, the relationships between plastics, purity and pollution are complex: simultaneously promising purity, quality and hygiene, yet frequently fail...
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This introduction to the special issue of Plastic Asia emphasises the ambiguous and unsettling materiality of plastics. It describes how in Asian contexts, the relationships between plastics, purity and pollution are complex: simultaneously promising purity, quality and hygiene, yet frequently failing to fulfil these promises. It looks at how plastics, for some, have come to signify broader frustrations with modernity and the complexities of plastics when they are incorporated into ritual life.
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| spelling | doaj.art-9f0cff96da6f4744959d9da4b4610d8a2022-12-22T04:35:26ZengCBS Open JournalsThe Copenhagen Journal of Asian Studies2246-21632022-04-0140110.22439/cjas.v40i1.6554Plastic AsiaSaskia Abrahms-Kavunenko0Trine Brox1University of CopenhagenUniversity of Copenhagen This introduction to the special issue of Plastic Asia emphasises the ambiguous and unsettling materiality of plastics. It describes how in Asian contexts, the relationships between plastics, purity and pollution are complex: simultaneously promising purity, quality and hygiene, yet frequently failing to fulfil these promises. It looks at how plastics, for some, have come to signify broader frustrations with modernity and the complexities of plastics when they are incorporated into ritual life. https://rauli.cbs.dk/index.php/cjas/article/view/6554wastepollutionpurityplastic modernityplastic usage |
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| title | Plastic Asia |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Plastic Asia |
| title_short | Plastic Asia |
| title_sort | plastic asia |
| topic | waste pollution purity plastic modernity plastic usage |
| url | https://rauli.cbs.dk/index.php/cjas/article/view/6554 |
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