Histories of the Dustheap: Waste, Material Cultures, Social Justice

Contents

Contents Acknowledgments vii Introduction: Histories of the Dustheap 1 Elizabeth Mazzolini and Stephanie Foote I The Subjectivities of Garbage 19 1 Darker Shades of Green: Love Canal, Toxic Autobiography, and American Environmental Writing 21 Richard Newman 2 “The Most Radical View of the Whole Subject”: George E. Waring Jr., Domestic Waste, and Women’s Rights 49 William Gleason 3 Enviroblogging: Clearing Green Space in a Virtual World 73 Stephanie Foote II The Places of Garbage 95 4 Missing New Orleans: Tracking Knowledge and Ignorance through an Urban Hazardscape 97 Scott Frickel 5 What Gets Buried in a Small Town: Toxic E-Waste and Democratic Frictions in the Crossroads of the United States 119 Phaedra C. Pezzullo 6 The Garbage Question on Top of the World 147 Elizabeth Mazzolini vi Contents III The Cultural Contradictions of Garbage 169 7 Purification or Profit: Milwaukee and the Contradictions of Sludge 171 Daniel Schneider 8 The Rising Tide against Plastic Waste: Unpacking Industry Attempts to Influence the Debate 199 Jennifer Clapp 9 Time Out of Mind: The Animation of Obsolescence in The Brave Little Toaster 227 Marisol Cortez Conclusion: Object Lessons Stephanie Foote and Elizabeth Mazzolini About the Contributors 261 Index 263 Series List 293 ...