{"product_id":"waste-matters-sarah-harrison-9781138187061","title":"Waste Matters: Urban Margins in Contemporary Literature","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow do those pushed to the margins survive in contemporary cities? What role do they play in today's increasingly complex urban ecosystems? Faced with stark disparities in human and environmental wellbeing, what form might more equitable cities take? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWaste Matters argues that contemporary literature and film offer an insightful and timely response to these questions through their formal and thematic revaluation of urban waste. In their creation of a new urban imaginary which centres on discarded things, degraded places and devalued people, authors and artists such as Patrick Chamoiseau, Chris Abani, Dinaw Mengestu, Suketu Mehta and Vik Muniz suggest opportunities for an inclusive urban politics that demands systematic analysis. \u003ci\u003eWaste Matters\u003c\/i\u003e assesses the utopian promise and pragmatic limitations of their as yet under-examined work in light of today's pressing urban challenges.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book will be of great interest to scholars and students of English Literature, Postcolonial Studies, Urban Studies, Environmental Humanities and Film Studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sarah Harrison\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1138187062\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781138187061\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/16\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 140\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.40w x 0.60d","brand":"Sarah Harrison","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48087707746559,"sku":"9781138187061","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f04c91e2-d144-465f-8008-44165b20d478.jpg?v=1769100953","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/waste-matters-sarah-harrison-9781138187061","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}