Crap : a history of cheap stuff in America /
Wendy Woloson considers seriously the detritus of everyday consumerist Western lives, a category that comprises objects that function as art, jokes, tools, embodiments of fantasies, cultural signifiers, status symbols and much more; a.k.a. "crap." She seeks to use these possessions to illu...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
[2020]
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| Summary: | Wendy Woloson considers seriously the detritus of everyday consumerist Western lives, a category that comprises objects that function as art, jokes, tools, embodiments of fantasies, cultural signifiers, status symbols and much more; a.k.a. "crap." She seeks to use these possessions to illuminate our society, culture and economy. Why do we, as individuals and as a culture, have these things? Where do they come from, and why do we want them? In her words, this investigation "brings together material culture, consumer culture, behavioral economics, cultural economics, the histories of industrialization, capitalism and international trade, among other disciplines." Also, there's a Lightning Sausage. |
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| Physical Description: | 388 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of color plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780226664354 022666435X |