| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 224 pages) |
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Book collections on Project MUSE
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| Contents |
Voluntary simplicity: a cultural movement -- The ecological ethic and the spirit of voluntary simplicity -- Getting a life: constructing a moral identity in the voluntary simplicity movement -- Gendered visions of process, power, and community in the voluntary simplicity movement -- Looking into the shadows: the politics of class, gender, and race-ethnicity in the voluntary simplicity movement -- New tools and old: transformation and reproduction in the voluntary simplicity movement |
| Summary |
"Buying Time and Getting By provides a detailed account of the voluntary simplicity movement, which took off in the United States in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The concept of voluntary simplicity encompasses both self-change aimed at bringing personal practice into alignment with ecological values and cultural change that rejects consumerist values and careerism. While simple livers struggle with self-change, they work toward the broader goals of a sustainable global environment, sustainable communities, increased equality in access to resources, and economies aimed at human quality of life rather then profit. Author Mary Grigsby looks inside the movement at the daily lives of participants and includes their own accounts of their efforts. She also uses reflexive empirical analysis to explore race, class, and gender in relation to the movement. The influence of the dominant culture and institutionalized power in shaping the movement are balanced with the importance of participants' dynamic identity work."--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-218) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Voluntary simplicity movement.
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SELF-HELP -- Personal Growth -- Happiness.
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Voluntary simplicity movement
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2003050529 |
| ISBN |
1417575824 |
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9781417575824 |
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0791459993 |
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9780791459997 |
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0791460002 |
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9780791460009 |
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9780791485521 |
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0791485528 |
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