Accumulation: The Material Politics of Plastic by Gabrys, Jennifer New<-

Taylor & Francis

AccumulationThe Material Politics of Plastic\nAuthor(s): Jennifer Gabrys, Gay Hawkins, Mike Michael\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138063068, 978-1138063068\nSynopsis\nFrom food punnets to credit cards, plastic facilitates every part of our daily lives. It has become central to processes of contemporary socio-material living. Universalised and abstracted, it is often treated as the passive object of political deliberations, or a problematic material demanding human management. But in what ways might a 'politics of plastics' deal with both its specific manifestation in particular artefacts and events, and its complex dispersed heterogeneity?\n\nAccumulation explores the vitality and complexity of plastic. This interdisciplinary collection focuses on how the presence and recalcitrance of plastic reveals the relational exchanges across human and synthetic materialities. It captures multiplicity by engaging with t.