Introduction : Japan's waste shadow -- Perils of proximity : an invisible scourge -- Mediated anxieties -- The cult(ures) of Japanese nature -- Tokyo's vermin menace -- Pure obsession : pollution, outcasts, and exclusion -- Growth, sex, fertility, and decline -- Constructing sustainable Japan
Summary
This work casts an anthropological lens over two Tokyo neighbourhoods, comparing environmental consciousness and conduct in communities facing specific toxic threats (real or perceived). In each field-site, the tension between lofty rhetoric and daily practices helps highlight the practical ambivalence of Japanese environmental consciousness
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-240) and index
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