The Practice of Misuse : Rugged Consumerism in Contemporary American Culture.

By:

Malewitz, Raymond

Material type: Text

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780804792998

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Practice of MisuseDDC classification:

810.9/3553

LOC classification:

PS228.C65

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Contents:

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Misuse: From Aesthetics to Practice -- 2. Theaters of Rugged Consumerism -- 3. The Garden in the Machine: Biomimetic Hybrids and the Tragedy of Singular Use -- 4. The Rugged Consumer Bildungsroman -- 5. Ritual, Play, and Neoliberal Rugged Consumerism -- 6. The Commodity at the End of the World -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Summary: This book charts the practice of creative re-purposing or "rugged consumerism" in American culture from its emergence as a Utopian alternative to consumer culture in the 1960s to its ideological containment in post-Reagan libertarianism.

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This book charts the practice of creative re-purposing or "rugged consumerism" in American culture from its emergence as a Utopian alternative to consumer culture in the 1960s to its ideological containment in post-Reagan libertarianism.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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