The Practice of Misuse : Rugged Consumerism in Contemporary American Culture.
Malewitz, Raymond.
The Practice of Misuse : Rugged Consumerism in Contemporary American Culture. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (240 pages)
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.
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.
9780804792998
American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Consumption (Economics) in literature.
Material culture in literature.
Consumption (Economics) -- United States.
Material culture -- United States.
Electronic books.
PS228.C65
810.9/3553
The Practice of Misuse : Rugged Consumerism in Contemporary American Culture. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (240 pages)
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.
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.
9780804792998
American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Consumption (Economics) in literature.
Material culture in literature.
Consumption (Economics) -- United States.
Material culture -- United States.
Electronic books.
PS228.C65
810.9/3553