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Author
Series
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2003?]
Language
English
Description
The acclaimed New York Times columnist and author of Living Out Loud now gives readers a superb novel about an Irish-Italian family in the late 1960s. Quindlen's sharp eye for the way we live, her intelligence and humor have won her an enormous following, and this coming-of-age tale of an entire generation will delight readers of any era.
3) Doll
Author
Series
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
"An examination of dolls and how they model an idealized feminine self, instructing girls what to strive for, and reinforcing dominant patriarchal, heteronormative, white norms"--
4) Rust
Author
Series
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. It's happening all the time, all around us. We cover it up. We ignore it. Rust takes on the many meanings of this oxidized substance, showing how technology bleeds into biology and ecology. Jean-Michel Rabaté combines art, science, and autobiography to share his fascination with peeling paints and rusty metal sheets. Rust, he concludes, is...
6) Compact disc
Author
Series
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. The story of the compact disc is also the story of the end of physical media. It is the story of how the quest for perfection laid the grounds for the death of a great industry. For in the passage from analogue media, like records and tapes, to digital media, like CDs, something changed in the nature of media and in the relationship we have...
7) Eye chart
Author
Series
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Pub. Date
©2017.
Language
English
Description
Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. 0Desert nomads tested their vision by distinguishing a pair of stars. But we have since created more disquieting ways to test the strength of the eyes. Reading the eye chart is an exercise in failure, since it only gets interesting when you cannot read any further. It is the opposite of interpretative reading, like one does with literature. When...
8) Office
Author
Series
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"On the cultural significance of the office-as an icon, as a space, and as a vanishing species in the 21st century"--
9) Exit
Author
Series
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic, Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"An unique exploration of exits as everyday commands we follow, personal choices we make in relationships and work, and as political outcomes we experience"--
10) Football
Author
Series
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. This book probes and pokes the world's most popular sport. When is the "beautiful game" at its most beautiful? How does football function as a lens for many to view their daily lives? What's right in front of fans that they just can't see? Not only is football played across the world, but changes to the game often reflect or anticipate social...
11) Hyphen
Author
Series
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. To hyphenate or not to hyphenate has been a central point of controversy since before the imprinting of the first Gutenberg Bible. And yet, the hyphen has persisted, bringing and bridging new words and concepts. Hyphen follows the story of the hyphen from antiquity - "Hyphen" is derived from an ancient Greek word meaning "to tie together" -...
12) Relic
Author
Series
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Relic explores how a bit of bone, a scrap of rag, a chip of wood - the most prosaic of materials - have often been endowed by faith, tradition, and culture with a sense of the sacred"--
13) Pregnancy test
Author
Series
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"An historical and cultural exploration of the overlooked object at the heart of the sexual revolution"--
15) Blue jeans
Author
Series
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Blue jeans may seem suited to every occasion, but their one-size-fits all appearance hides a history of contradictions"--
16) Mushroom
Author
Series
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Explores an object that is both magical and medicinal, that nurtures ancient traditions, that is the object of foragers', cooks', and scientists' attention, and which has properties that continue to baffle physicians and psychiatrists"--
17) Sock
Author
Series
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"A funny, lyrical, illuminating book on the rich and little known history of the humble sock, its various incarnations throughout the world, and on what socks teach us about the frailty and awkwardness of the human body"--
18) Personal stereo
Author
Series
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
19) High heel
Author
Series
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"High Heel is a dive into the labyrinthine nature of modern womanhood and sexual politics, with the world's most provocative fashion accessory as its point of entry"--
20) Ok
Author
Series
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"OK as a word can agree, accept, inspire, and describe the world; as an object, OK and its variants (okay, ok, etc.) tell a story about the ways that technology and globalization change the way we communicate"--
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