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Things worth keeping : the value of attachment in a disposable world /
"Rampant consumerism has inundated our planet with pollution and waste, yet attempts to create environmentally friendly forms of consumption are often co-opted by corporations. Christine Harold investigates the attachments we form to the objects we buy, keep, and discard, exploring how these at...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Minneapolis :
University of Minnesota Press,
[2020]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Turning toward things: accumulation, attachment, and agency
- One. The dreams stuff is made of: attaching to inanimate objects
- Two. On target: aura, affect, and the rhetoric of design democracy
- Three. Some assembly required: IKEA, project value, and what happens when things come apart
- Four. The value of story: extending the value of objects
- Five. The handmade tale: crafting, making, and the lure of the artisanal
- Conclusion: expanding and intensifying the value(s) of objects
- Notes
- Index.