Consumerism, Waste, and Re-Use in Twentieth-Century Fiction: Legacies of the Avant-Garde

by Rachele Dini

Book Overview

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

List of illustrations

Introduction

The commodity

Waste and recuperation

Human waste

Symbols of transience and change

The case for the novel, and for descendants of the avant-garde

From scavenging to window-shopping

Chapter overviews

The case for pursuing "this unattractive occupation"

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349954969
• ISBN13: 9781349954964
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 253 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"