Subverting Consumerism - 9780367665951

Name: Subverting Consumerism - 9780367665951
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Subverting ConsumerismReuse in an Accelerated World\nAuthor(s): Robert Crocker, Keri Chiveralls\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367665951, 978-0367665951\nSynopsis\nThere is now a widespread interest in reuse in many domains, from opera houses built over old warehouses, to vintage clothes and everyday goods incorporating repurposed materials or parts. Despite its ubiquity, this extensive creative work is typically seen in narrowly environmental terms, as a means of reducing carbon, resource use or waste. However, as this volume shows, reuse also has aesthetic and cultural dimensions and a rich social currency, invoked to consciously subvert the accelerated consumer culture responsible for our unfolding environmental crisis. \n\nIn three parts, the essays in this book consider reuse in terms of values, aesthetics and meaning, its application in contemporary urban and spatial settings, and the revival of social p.