Blubberland : the dangers of happiness / Elizabeth Farrelly.

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Farrelly, E. M.

Title & Author:

Blubberland : the dangers of happiness / Elizabeth Farrelly.

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Description:

219 pages ; 24 cm

Notes:
Originally published: Sydney, NSW, Australia : University of New South Wales Press, ©2008.
Originally published: Sydney, NSW, Australia : University of New South Wales Press, c2008.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 204-210) and index.
Desire body : wanting it, all, now -- Beauty and the struggle for power over death -- Against beauty : the search for honesty through ugliness -- House as mask : only connect -- Fat and the family home -- Nature and culture -- Feminism and future-eating -- Why so ugly? Archiphobia and the politics of Blubberland -- I have a dream.
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Summary:

"In Blubberland, award-winning critic Elizabeth Farrelly looks at our "superfluous superfluity," our huge eco-footprint, and asks why we find it so hard to abandon habits we know to be destructive. Why can't we build human-scale cities, design meaningful public spaces, eat reasonable meals, and stop assaulting nature?" "Farrelly, trained as an architect, begins this story with architecture, urban sprawl and housing, but she does not end there. She also looks at "affluenza," childhood asthma, diabetes, addiction, beauty, ugliness, narcissism, climate change, mega-churches, big box retailers, sustainability, depression, anorexia, and the links that collect all of these issues under the same roof - the roof, as it were, of the McMansion. As "big" becomes more and more pervasive, and success is seen in increasingly measurable and material terms, the goal of happiness jeopardizes our survival. Blubberland is a smart, thoughtful, and stylish argument for turning things around."--Jacket.

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ISBN:

9780262562362 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
0262562367 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Happiness.
Consumption (Economics)
Popular culture.
Consumption (Economics) Social aspects.
Architecture and society.
Popular Culture
Consommation (Économie politique) Aspect social.
Société de consommation.
Architecture et société.
Bonheur.
Culture populaire.
popular culture.
Konsumgesellschaft
Kritik

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Location: Library main 255656
Call No.: BIB 185885
Status: Available

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