Concrete and plastic : thinking through materiality /

"Plastic and concrete are two of the most important and ubiquitous materials of the modern age. This open access book brings these two materials together, using a wide range of sources, including novels, essays, travel and nature writings, films, advertisements, policy documents and (popular) s...

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Main Author:	Crane, Kylie (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, [2024]
Edition:	First edition.
Series:	Environmental cultures series.
Subjects:	Concrete > Philosophy. Plastics > Philosophy. Concrete > Environmental aspects. Plastics > Environmental aspects. Plasticity > Philosophy. Object (Philosophy) Concrete. Materials science. Béton. Science des matériaux. Béton > Philosophie. Matières plastiques > Philosophie. Béton > Aspect de l'environnement. Matières plastiques > Aspect de l'environnement. Plasticité > Philosophie. Objet (Philosophie) Environmentalist thought & ideology. Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers. Literary studies: from c 1900 - Electronic books.
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Summary:	"Plastic and concrete are two of the most important and ubiquitous materials of the modern age. This open access book brings these two materials together, using a wide range of sources, including novels, essays, travel and nature writings, films, advertisements, policy documents and (popular) science writing to examine the ways in which we invent, and re-invent, the world and worlds we inhabit"--
Item Description:	Based on the author's thesis, written in German, under the title Habilitation.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9781350380615 135038061X 9781350380608 1350380601 9781350380622 1350380628
DOI:	10.5040/9781350380622