| Description |
1 online resource (148 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Object lessons |
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Object lessons.
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| Contents |
Luggage and secrets -- The language of luggage -- Packing -- My luggage -- Lost luggage: Alabama's unclaimed baggage center |
| Summary |
"Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. You can't think about travel without thinking about luggage. And baggage has baggage. Susan Harlan's Luggage takes readers on a journey with the suitcases that support, accessorize, and tour with our globalized lives. The materials of travel--the suitcases, carry-on bags, totes, trunks, and train cases of the past and present--tell stories about displacement, home, gender, class, consumption, and labor. Luggage shapes travel, and the way it has shaped travel has changed over time. This book is an inquiry into bags as carefully curated microcosms of our domestic and professional lives. A suitcase contains more than you might think. Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic."-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record |
| Subject |
Luggage -- History
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Luggage -- Humor
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Luggage -- Social aspects
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Philosophy: aesthetics.
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Material culture.
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Cultural studies.
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Literary theory.
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Social Science -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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Philosophy -- Aesthetics.
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Literary Criticism -- Semiotics & Theory.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Technical & Manufacturing Industries & Trades.
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Luggage
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Humor
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2018015271 |
| ISBN |
9781501329319 |
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1501329316 |
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9781501329302 |
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1501329308 |
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