Ken (Hrsg.) Hillis

Everyday eBay

Culture, Collecting, and Desire

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Everyday eBay is the first scholarly analysis of the internet marketplace that has become a global social, cultural and economic phenomenon. The eighteen new and classic essays gathered here examine eBay from a wide variety of perspectives as a bellwether of taste and material culture; as a rich site of cultural, racial, and sexual discourse and practice; as an emergent media form; and as a facilitator of global consumerism. From old toys steeped in nostalgia to 'rare' limited edition shoes, the contributors demonstrate that value on eBay is never simply about 'price'.On any given day, more than two million items are listed for sale on eBay,… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Petit, Michael (Hrsg.) / Epley, Nathan Scott (Hrsg.)

ISBN: 978-1-135-48340-1
EAN: 9781135483401
Produktnummer: 22633567
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
Seitenangabe: 328 S.
Plattform: PDF
Masse: 9'715 KB
Abbildungen: 14 schwarz-weiße Fotos

Über den Autor

Ken Hillis is Associate Professor of Communication Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is author of Digital Sensations: Space, Identity and Embodiment in Virtual Reality.Michael Petit is Mellon Lecturing Fellow at the University Writing Program in the Center for Teaching, Learning and Writing at Duke University. He is author of Peacekeepers at War: A Marine's Account of the Beirut Catastrophe.Nathan Epley is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Communication Studies, at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is a contributing editor for NMEDIAC: The Journal of New Media and Culture.