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Geographies of shit : spatial and temporal variations in attitudes towards human waste

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.

TitleGeographies of shit : spatial and temporal variations in attitudes towards human waste
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2011
AuthorsJewitt, S
Secondary TitleProgress in human geography
Volumevol. 35
Issueno. 5
Paginationp.608-626
Date Published02/2011
Publication LanguageEnglish
Keywordsbeliefs, cultural aspects, environmental health, excreta, excreta disposal systems, open defecation, public health
Abstract

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. (author abstract)
Notes

Includes 119 references
URLhttp://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/1981/1/Jewitt_2011_Geographies_of_Shit_PIHG_eprints_.pdf
DOI10.1177/0309132510394704

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