The Waste Fix: Seizures of the Sacred from Upton Sinclair to the Sopranos

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Psychology Press, 2002 - 177 pàgines
First published in 2002. This book explores the philosophical, social, and aesthetic implications of twentieth-century America's obsession with eliminating waste. Through interdisciplinary engagement with fiction and popular culture, William Little traces the way this obsession finds expression in powerful social forces (e.g., the drive to consume conspicuously; the Progressive-era campaign to manage scientifically; the current demand to reduce, reuse, recycle), and shows how such forces are governed by an idealism that links proper treatment of waste with the promise of salvation.

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Naturalisms Shambling Figure
13
Blank Posturing
28
Shamble Fiction
41
MELVILLES UNFLINCHING FAITH
55
Nothing Doing
69
MisSpelling Disaster Faith in White Noise
93
Trash Recollection
113
Putting Off
129
Notes
157
Index
173
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