The practice of misuse : rugged consumerism in contemporary American culture /

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In the age of Ikea Hackers and salvagepunks, this book charts the emergence of ""rugged consumers"" who creatively misuse, reuse, and repurpose the objects within their environments to suit their idiosyncratic needs and desires. Figures of both literary and material culture whose...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Malewitz, Raymond (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2014.
Subjects:
1900-1999
American literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Consumption (Economics) in literature.
Material culture in literature.
Consumption (Economics) > United States.
Material culture > United States.
Littérature américaine > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Culture matérielle dans la littérature.
Culture matérielle > États-Unis.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
American literature.
Consumption (Economics)
Material culture.
Literatur
Amerikanisches Englisch
Sachkultur > Motiv
Verbrauch > Motiv
Konsumgut
Wiederverwendung
Zweckentfremdung
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Misuse : from aesthetics to practice
  • Theaters of rugged consumerism
  • The garden in the machine : biomimetic hybrids and the tragedy of singular use
  • The rugged consumer Bildungsroman
  • Ritual, play, and neoliberal rugged consumerism
  • The commodity at the end of the world.

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