Greenwashing culture /
"Greenwashing Culture examines the complicity of culture with our environmental crisis. Through its own carbon footprint, the promotion of image-friendly environmental credentials for celebrities, and the mutually beneficial engagement with big industry polluters, Toby Miller argues that cultur...
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Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group,
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Publisher Address: | Abingdon, Oxon : |
Publication Dates: | 2018. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Summary: |
"Greenwashing Culture examines the complicity of culture with our environmental crisis. Through its own carbon footprint, the promotion of image-friendly environmental credentials for celebrities, and the mutually beneficial engagement with big industry polluters, Toby Miller argues that culture has become an enabler of environmental criminals to win over local, national, and international communities. Topics include: the environmental liabilities involved in digital and print technologies used by cultural institutions and their consumers; Hollywood's 'green celebrities' and the immense ecol |
Carrier Form: | 138 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [107]-132) and index. |
ISBN: |
9781138962712 1138962716 9781138962705 1138962708 |
Index Number: | GE195 |
CLC: | X2 |
Call Number: | X2/M651 |
Contents: | Introducing greenwashing -- Introducing culture (with Richard Maxwell) -- Museums -- Citizenship, regulation, and resistance -- Conclusion. |