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Title: TAKING THINGS SERIOUSLY
75 OBJECTS WITH UNEXPECTED SIGNIFICANCE
By: Joshua Glenn, Carol Hayes
Format: Paperback

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ISBN 10: 1568986904
ISBN 13: 9781568986906
Publisher: PRINCETON ARCHITECTURAL PRESS
Pub. date: 31 July, 2007
Pages: 174
Synopsis: We all have something in our lives that while not obviously valuable, is displayed as though it were a precious and irreplaceable artifact. Inquire about the object's provenance and you'll likely be treated to a lively anecdote about how it came into your host's possession. Keep digging, and you might even crack the code of what the thing really means. Taking Things Seriously is a wonder cabinet of seventy-five unlikely thingamajigs that have been invested with significance and transformed into totems, talismans, charms, relics, and fetishes: scraps of movie posters scavenged from the streets of New York by Low Life author Luc Sante; the World War I helmet that inoculated social critic Thomas Frank against jingoism; the trash-picked, robot-shaped hairdo machine described by its owner as a chick magnet; the bagelburned by actor Christopher Walken, moonlighting as a short-order cook. The owners of these objects convey their excitement in short, often poignant essays that invite readers to participate in the enjoyable act of interpreting things. You'll never look at the bric-a-brac on your shelves the same way again.
Illustrations: 85 illus. in colour.
Publication: US
Imprint: Princeton Architectural Press
Returns: Returnable
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