Things by Bill Brown

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Summary

This book is an invitation to think about why children chew pencils; why we talk to our cars, our refrigerators, our computers; rosary beads and worry beads; Cuban cigars; why we no longer wear hats that we can tip to one another and why we don't seem to long to; and what has been described as bourgcois longing.

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Things by Bill Brown

This book is an invitation to think about why children chew pencils; why we talk to our cars, our refrigerators, our computers; rosary beads and worry beads; Cuban cigars; why we no longer wear hats that we can tip to one another and why we don't seem to long to; and what has been described as bourgcois longing.
Bill Brown is professor of English at the University of Chicago, coeditor of Critical Inquiry, and author of A Sense of Things: The Object Matter of American Literature, also published by the University of Chicago Press.
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ISBN 13 9780226076126
ISBN 10 0226076121
Title Things
Author Bill Brown
Series A Critical Inquiry Book
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher The University of Chicago Press
Year published 2004-04-01
Number of pages 380
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.