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"Wendy Woloson considers seriously the detritus of everyday consumerist Western lives--a category that comprises objects that function as art, jokes, tools, embodiments of fantasies, cultural signifiers, status symbols, and much more; a.k.a. "crap." She seeks to use these possessions to illuminate our society, culture, and economy. Why do we--as individuals and as a culture--have these things? Where do they come from, and why do we want them? In her words, this investigation "brings together material culture, consumer ...

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Crap: A History of Cheap Stuff in America 2022, University of Chicago Press

ISBN-13: 9780226824079

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Crap: A History of Cheap Stuff in America 2020, University of Chicago Press

ISBN-13: 9780226664354

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