Format:
Ebook, Electronic Resources, Book
Title:
Don't get too comfortable [electronic resource] / David Rakoff.
Author:
Rakoff, David.
Call Number:
eBook
Web Site:
Web Link Available online.
Edition:
1st ed.
Publisher, Date:
New York : Doubleday, 2005.
Description:
1 online resource (x, 222 p.)
Summary:
In these essays, social satirist Rakoff journeys into the land of unchecked plenty that is contemporary America, skewering overconsumption, greed, vanity, selfishness, and vapidity. Somewhere along the line, our healthy self-regard has exploded into obliterating narcissism; our manic getting and spending have now become celebrated as moral virtues. Whether contrasting the elegance of one of the last flights of the supersonic Concorde with the good-times-and-chicken-wings populism of Hooters Air, working as a cabana boy at a South Beach hotel, or traveling to a private island off the coast of Belize to watch a soft-core video shoot--where he is provided with his very own personal manservant--Rakoff takes us on a grand tour of our culture of excess, and comes away from his explorations hilariously horrified.--From publisher description.
Subjects:
Consumption (Economics)
Consumer behavior.
Social status.
Genre:
Electronic books.
Contents:
Love it or leave it -- What is the sound of one hand shopping? -- SesioĢn privada -- Wildman -- As it is in heaven -- J.D.V., M.I.A. -- Privates on parade -- Beach bummer Morning in America -- Martha, my dear -- I can't get it for you wholesale -- Beat me, daddy -- Whatsizface -- Faster -- Off we're gonna shuffle.
ISBN:
9780385516839 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions)
0385516835 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions)
9780385516839 (electronic bk. : Mobipocket Reader)
0385516835 (electronic bk. : Mobipocket Reader)
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