The Practice of Misuse: Rugged Consumerism in Contemporary American Culture - Hardcover

by Raymond Malewitz (Author)

This book charts the practice of creative re-purposing or "rugged consumerism" in American culture from its emergence as a Utopian alternative to consumer culture in the 1960s to its ideological containment in post-Reagan libertarianism.

Author Biography

Raymond Malewitz is Assistant Professor of English at the School of Writing, Literature, and Film at Oregon State University.