Plastic Asia

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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Main Authors:	Saskia Abrahms-Kavunenko, Trine Brox
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	CBS Open Journals 2022-04-01
Series:	The Copenhagen Journal of Asian Studies
Subjects:	waste pollution purity plastic modernity plastic usage
Online Access:	https://rauli.cbs.dk/index.php/cjas/article/view/6554

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