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Hedonizing Technologies: Paths to Pleasure in Hobbies and Leisure
Rachel P. Maines
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Description for Hedonizing Technologies: Paths to Pleasure in Hobbies and Leisure
Hardback. The book addresses basic issues in the history of labor and industry and makes an original contribution to the discussion of how technology and people interact. Num Pages: 224 pages, 31, 21 black & white halftones, 10 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JHBS; TB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 448.
Rachel P. Maines's latest work examines the rise of hobbies and leisure activities in Western culture from antiquity to the present day. As technologies are "hedonized," consumers find increasing pleasure in the hobbies' associated tools, methods, and instructional literature. Work once essential to survival and comfort-gardening, hunting, cooking, needlework, home mechanics, and brewing-have gradually evolved into hobbies and recreational activities. As a result, the technologies associated with these pursuits have become less efficient but more appealing to the new class of leisure artisans. Maines interprets the growth and economic significance of hobbies in terms of broad consumer demand for ... Read more
Rachel P. Maines's latest work examines the rise of hobbies and leisure activities in Western culture from antiquity to the present day. As technologies are "hedonized," consumers find increasing pleasure in the hobbies' associated tools, methods, and instructional literature. Work once essential to survival and comfort-gardening, hunting, cooking, needlework, home mechanics, and brewing-have gradually evolved into hobbies and recreational activities. As a result, the technologies associated with these pursuits have become less efficient but more appealing to the new class of leisure artisans. Maines interprets the growth and economic significance of hobbies in terms of broad consumer demand for ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801891465
SKU
V9780801891465
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About Rachel P. Maines
Rachel P. Maines is a visiting scholar in the Department of Science & Technology Studies at Cornell University and author of The Technology of Orgasm: "Hysteria," the Vibrator, and Women's Sexual Satisfaction, also published by Johns Hopkins.
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