Plastic Asia: Material Ambiguities and Cultural Imaginaries
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Plastic Asia : Material Ambiguities and Cultural Imaginaries. / Abrahms-Kavunenko, Saskia Adelle; Brox, Trine.
I: Copenhagen Journal of Asian Studies, Bind 40, Nr. 1, 05.2022, s. 5-22.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Plastic Asia
T2 - Material Ambiguities and Cultural Imaginaries
AU - Abrahms-Kavunenko, Saskia Adelle
AU - Brox, Trine
PY - 2022/5
Y1 - 2022/5
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
U2 - 10.22439/cjas.v40i1.6554
DO - 10.22439/cjas.v40i1.6554
M3 - Journal article
VL - 40
SP - 5
EP - 22
JO - Copenhagen Journal of Asian Studies
JF - Copenhagen Journal of Asian Studies
SN - 1395-4199
IS - 1
ER -
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