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Potts, Rolf

 
9781501329418: Souvenir: Object Lessons
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ISBN 10: 1501329413 ISBN 13: 9781501329418
Editorial: Bloomsbury Academic, 2018

Sinopsis

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.

For as long as people have traveled to distant lands, they have brought home objects to certify the journey. More than mere merchandise, these travel souvenirs take on a personal and cultural meaning that goes beyond the object itself. Drawing on several millennia of examples-from the relic-driven quests of early Christians, to the mass-produced tchotchkes that line the shelves of a Disney gift shop-travel writer Rolf Potts delves into a complicated history that explores issues of authenticity, cultural obligation, market forces, human suffering, and self-presentation. Souvenirs are shown for what they really are: not just objects, but personalized forms of folk storytelling that enable people to make sense of the world and their place in it.'

Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic.

Souvenir features illustrations by Cedar Van Tassel

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Acerca del autor

Rolf Potts has reported from more than 60 countries for the likes of The New Yorker, The Believer, Sports Illustrated, Slate, Salon, The Atlantic, National Geographic Traveler, National Public Radio, and the Travel Channel. He is the author of two travel books, Vagabonding and Marco Polo Didn't Go There.

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Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. The burger, long the All-American meal, is undergoing an identity crisis. From its shifting place in popular culture to the efforts, by investors such as Bill Gates, to seek to find the non-animal burger that can feed the world, the burgers identity has become as malleable as that patty of protein, itself, before it is thrown on a grill. Carol Adamss Burger is a fast-paced and eclectic exploration of the history, business, cultural dynamics and gender politics of the ordinary hamburger. Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic.

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Editorial
Bloomsbury Academic
Año de publicación
2018
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1501329413
ISBN 13 
9781501329418
Encuadernación
Tapa blanda
Ilustrador
Tassel Cedar Van
Número de páginas
144
Contacto del fabricante
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