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

Jewitt, Sarah

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.

Citation

Jewitt, S. (2011). Geographies of shit: spatial and temporal variations in attitudes towards human waste. Progress in Human Geography, 35(5), https://doi.org/10.1177/0309132510394704

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Feb 1, 2011
• Deposit Date: May 10, 2013
• Publicly Available Date: May 10, 2013
• Journal: Progress in Human Geography
• Print ISSN: 0309-1325
• Electronic ISSN: 0309-1325
• Publisher: SAGE Publications
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 35
• Issue: 5
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0309132510394704
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1010255
• Publisher URL: http://phg.sagepub.com/content/35/5/608.abstract
• Additional Information: Copyright Sage.