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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...

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Autor principal: Harold, Christine (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2020]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a 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. 
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