Geographies of shit: spatial and temporal variations in attitudes towards human waste
Taboos surrounding human waste have resulted in a lack of attention to spatial inequalities in access to sanitation and the consequences of this for human, environmental and economic health. This paper explores spaces where urgent environmental health imperatives intersect with deeply entrenched cul...
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| description | Taboos surrounding human waste have resulted in a lack of attention to spatial inequalities in access to sanitation and the consequences of this for human, environmental and economic health. This paper explores spaces where urgent environmental health imperatives intersect with deeply entrenched cultural norms surrounding human waste and the barriers they create for the development of more appropriate excreta management systems. The primary focus is on the global South (particularly India), although literature on sanitation histories in Europe and its colonies is drawn upon to illustrate spatial and temporal differences in cultural attitudes towards excrement. |
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| spelling | nottingham-19812020-05-04T20:23:31Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/1981/ Geographies of shit: spatial and temporal variations in attitudes towards human waste Jewitt, Sarah Taboos surrounding human waste have resulted in a lack of attention to spatial inequalities in access to sanitation and the consequences of this for human, environmental and economic health. This paper explores spaces where urgent environmental health imperatives intersect with deeply entrenched cultural norms surrounding human waste and the barriers they create for the development of more appropriate excreta management systems. The primary focus is on the global South (particularly India), although literature on sanitation histories in Europe and its colonies is drawn upon to illustrate spatial and temporal differences in cultural attitudes towards excrement. SAGE 2011-02 Article PeerReviewed Jewitt, Sarah (2011) Geographies of shit: spatial and temporal variations in attitudes towards human waste. Progress in Human Geography, 35 (5). pp. 608-626. ISSN 0309-1325 http://phg.sagepub.com/content/35/5/608.abstract doi:10.1177/0309132510394704 doi:10.1177/0309132510394704 |
| spellingShingle | Jewitt, Sarah Geographies of shit: spatial and temporal variations in attitudes towards human waste |
| title | Geographies of shit: spatial and temporal variations in attitudes towards human waste |
| title_full | Geographies of shit: spatial and temporal variations in attitudes towards human waste |
| title_fullStr | Geographies of shit: spatial and temporal variations in attitudes towards human waste |
| title_full_unstemmed | Geographies of shit: spatial and temporal variations in attitudes towards human waste |
| title_short | Geographies of shit: spatial and temporal variations in attitudes towards human waste |
| title_sort | geographies of shit: spatial and temporal variations in attitudes towards human waste |
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