Things Worth Keeping : The Value of Attachment in a Disposable World /

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"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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Harold, Christine (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2020]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Waste (Economics)
Consumption (Economics)
Attachment behavior.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Consumer Behavior
Gaspillage.
Attachement.
Object Attachment
Electronic books.
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.

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