Steven Connor (1)
Autore di Postmodernist Culture: An Introduction to Theories of the Contemporary
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Steven Connor is Professor of Modern Literature and Theory in the School of Literature and Humanities at Birkbeck, University of London. Other books by Connor include The Book of Skin, Fly and The Matter of Air, all published by Reaktion.
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Everyone has a drawer full of bits and bobs, odds and sods, and those things that defy categorisation. And not only is it full of the the things mentioned in this book, it is almost impossible to find the exact item that you are looking for when you need it.
Connor has managed to extract some of those items from his drawer, and bring them together in this book, where he looks at why we use them, their history and other anecdotes on his chosen objects. There are chapters on pins, sticky tape, rubber bands, batteries and keys and a handful of other things that are useful and accumulate in your drawers.
Really a 2.5 star book, as some time the chapters drift off into a very wide ranging history of the item. But lots of the facts and snippets of the everyday objects were fascinating. One little detail that I liked was that each chapter had a small icon of the item, and these were repeated in the margin of each chapter.
Worth reading if you want to discover the history of those items in that drawer; but it won't help you find them!… (altro)
Connor has managed to extract some of those items from his drawer, and bring them together in this book, where he looks at why we use them, their history and other anecdotes on his chosen objects. There are chapters on pins, sticky tape, rubber bands, batteries and keys and a handful of other things that are useful and accumulate in your drawers.
Really a 2.5 star book, as some time the chapters drift off into a very wide ranging history of the item. But lots of the facts and snippets of the everyday objects were fascinating. One little detail that I liked was that each chapter had a small icon of the item, and these were repeated in the margin of each chapter.
Worth reading if you want to discover the history of those items in that drawer; but it won't help you find them!… (altro)
probably the best psychoanalytic/cultural studies book on skin available. Psychoanalytic critique isn't doing it for me anymore, so I didn't finish, but I still recommend this. NB: Connor's a very good writer.
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karl.steel | Apr 2, 2013 |
karl.steel | Apr 2, 2013 | Most probably the best, most killer collection of essays EVER.
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dove sono queste copie e a chi le ho regalate, probabilmente una l'ho regalata ma boh