ISBN:
9781628922653
Language:
English
Pages:
xxii, 168 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
Series Statement:
Object lessons
Keywords:
Blankets
;
Philosophy: aesthetics
;
Media studies
;
PHILOSOPHY
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE
;
Blankets
;
Bettdecke
;
Geschichte
Abstract:
Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. We are born into blankets. They keep us alive and they cover us in death. We pull and tug on blankets to see us through the night or an illness. They shield us in mourning and witness our most intimate pleasures. Curious, fearless, vulnerable, and critical, Blanket interweaves cultural critique with memoir to cast new light on a ubiquitous object. Kara Thompson reveals blankets everywhere--film, art, geology, disasters, battlefields, resistance, home--and transforms an ordinary thing into a vibrant and vital carrier of stories and secrets, an object of inheritance and belonging, a companion to uncover. Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in the The Atlantic
Abstract:
Intro; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; A Note to the Reader; Preface: Convolute; Unfold 1; Chapter 1: Witness; Unfold 2; Chapter 2: Folds; Unfold 3; Chapter 3: Extraction; Unfold 4; Chapter 4: Security; Unfold 5; Chapter 5: Cover; Unfold 6; Chapter 6: Carriers; Unfold 7; Notes; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Acknowledgments; Bibliography; List of Figures; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references
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