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- The Gospel of Sustainability: Media, Market and LOHAS
- Book
- 2011
- Published by: University of Illinois Press
summary
From organic produce and clothing to socially conscious investing and eco-tourism, the lifestyles of health and sustainability, or LOHAS, movement encompasses diverse products and practices intended to contribute to a more sustainable lifestyle for people and the planet. In The Gospel of Sustainability, Monica M. Emerich explores the contemporary spiritual expression of this green cultural shift at the confluence of the media and the market.
This is the first book to qualitatively study the LOHAS marketplace and the development of a discourse of sustainability of the self and the social and natural worlds. Emerich draws on myriad sources related to the notions of mindful consumption found throughout the LOHAS marketplace, including not just products and services but marketing materials, events, lectures, regulatory policies, and conversations with leaders and consumers. These disparate texts, she argues, universally project a spiritual message about personal and planetary health that is in turn reforming capitalism by making consumers more conscious.
Table of Contents
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- 4. Apologies, Redemption, and Repair
- pp. 88-101
- 5. LOHAS, Social Reform, and Good Capitalism
- pp. 102-123
- 6. Mindful Consumption
- pp. 124-159
- 7. The Collective Conscience
- pp. 160-186
- Appendix: Case Studies
- pp. 205-208
- Works Cited
- pp. 209-223
Additional Information
ISBN
9780252093456
Related ISBN(s)
9780252036422, 9780252080050
MARC Record
OCLC
775064599
Pages
256
Launched on MUSE
2013-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2014