The Practice of Misuse

This title examines the oppositional emergence and eventual ideological containment of 'rugged consumers' in late 20th century American literature, who creatively misuse, reuse, and repurpose the objects within their environments to suit their idiosyncratic needs and desires. The book shows how certain authors position their rugged consumers within the intertwined American myths of primal nature and rugged individualism, creating left- and right-libertarian maker communities that are sceptical of both traditional political institutions and (in its pre-neoliberal state) globalised corporate capitalism.

שנה

2014

שפה

English

הוצאה

Stanford University Press

מהדורות

2

עמודים

240

ISBN

9780804791960

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