{"product_id":"waste-consuming-postwar-japan-hardback-9781501725845","title":"Waste; Consuming Postwar Japan (Hardback) 9781501725845","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eWaste\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eConsuming Postwar Japan\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eEiko Maruko Siniawer (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781501725845\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 October 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e414 pages, 18 b\u0026amp;w halftones - 18 Halftones, black and white\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 3.3 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWaste\u003c\/i\u003e makes an outsized contribution to the study of postwar Japanese history will be essential reading for students of modern Japan as well as our current era more broadly.\u003c\/p\u003e (The Journal of Asian Studies) \u003cp\u003eSiniawer's book is a moving and meaningful cultural history relevant to Critical Discard Studies, rooted in the specific time and place of postwar Japan, and extends to the twenty-first century.\u003c\/p\u003e (Situations) \u003cp\u003eEiko Maruko Siniawer's study of waste in postwar Japan is history writing at its very best: expansive in scope, richly textured, compellingly narrated, and convincingly argued. This summary hardly does justice to the richness of the material discussed in the book, nor does it fully convey Siniawer's thought-provoking analysis throughout. Thanks to its breadth, the richness of its content, and the sophistication of its analysis, the book will be essential and compelling reading for anyone interested in the postwar history of Japan as well as notions of waste in the contemporary world.\u003c\/p\u003e (Social Science Japan Journal)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWaste\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, Eiko Maruko Siniawer innovatively explores the many ways in which the Japanese have thought about waste—in terms of time, stuff, money, possessions, and resources—from the immediate aftermath of World War II to the present.\u003c\/b\u003e She shows how questions about waste were deeply embedded in the decisions of everyday life, reflecting the priorities and aspirations of the historical moment, and revealing people's ever-changing concerns and hopes. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOver the course of the long postwar, Japanese society understood waste variously as backward and retrogressive, an impediment to progress, a pervasive outgrowth of mass consumption, incontrovertible proof of societal excess, the embodiment of resources squandered, and a hazard to the environment. Siniawer also shows how an encouragement of waste consciousness served as a civilizing and modernizing imperative, a moral good, an instrument for advancement, a path to self-satisfaction, an environmental commitment, an expression of identity, and more. From the late 1950s onward, a defining element of Japan's postwar experience emerged: the tension between the desire for the privileges of middle-class lifestyles made possible by affluence and dissatisfaction with the logics, costs, and consequences of that very prosperity. This tension complicated the persistent search for what might be called well-being, a good life, or a life well lived. \u003ci\u003eWaste\u003c\/i\u003e is an elegant history of how people lived—how they made sense of, gave meaning to, and found value in the acts of the everyday.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Meaning and Value in the Everyday\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart One: Re-Civilization and Re-Enlightenment: Transitions of the Early Postwar Period, 1945-1971\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e1. The Imperatives of Waste\u003cbr\u003e 2. Better Living through Consumption\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart Two: Shocks, Shifts, and Safeguards: Defending the Middle-Class Lifestyles, 1971-1981\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e3. Wars against Waste\u003cbr\u003e 4. A Bright Stinginess\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart Three: Abundant Dualities: Wealth and its Discontents in the 1980s and Beyond\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e5. Consuming Desires\u003cbr\u003e 6. Living the Good Life?\u003cbr\u003e 7. Battling the Time Thieves\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart Four: Affluence of the Heart: Identities and Values in the Slow-Growth Era, 1991-Present\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e8. Greening Consciousness\u003cbr\u003e 9. We Are All Waste Conscious Now\u003cbr\u003e 10. Sorting Things Out\u003cbr\u003e Afterword: Waste and Well-Being\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52607773147416,"sku":"9781501725845","price":78.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/waste-consuming-postwar-japan-hardback-9781501725845","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}