Clutter : an untidy history / Jennifer Howard.
Material type:
TextPublisher: Cleveland, OH : Belt Publishing, 2020Edition: First editionDescription: 176 pages ; 20 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1948742721
- 9781948742726
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Main Library | NonFiction | 306.3 H849 | Available | 33111010407811 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
"A keen assessment of one of society's secret shames and its little-understood consequences."--Kirkus Reviews
"I'm sitting on the floor in my mother's house, surrounded by stuff." So begins Jennifer Howard's Clutter, an expansive assessment of our relationship to the things that share and shape our lives. Inspired by the painful process of cleaning out her mother's house, Howard sets her own personal struggle with clutter against a meticulously researched history of just how the developed world came to drown in material goods. With sharp prose and an eye for telling detail, she connects the dots between the Industrial Revolution, the Sears & Roebuck catalog, and the Container Store, and shines unsparing light on clutter's darker connections to environmental devastation and hoarding disorder. In an age when Amazon can deliver anything at the click of a mouse and decluttering guru Marie Kondo can become a reality TV star, Howard's bracing analysis has never been more timely.
Slim and compelling, Clutter is a book for anyone struggling to understand why they have so much stuff--and what do do about it.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-174).
"Offers a fascinating and insightful account of what becomes of the stuff that we accumulate in our homes and lives. It's a powerful reminder of how the deeply personal acts of daily life are shared across families, cultures, economies, and countries, and an account of how one author's struggle to manage her family's clutter led to a deeper understanding of what matters most in all of our lives"--Back cover.