Wendy A. Woloson, "Crap: A History of Cheap Stuff in America" (U Chicago Press, 2020)
New Books in Critical Theory
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Novelty Goods: A History of Newness
There's loads more we could talk about. I mean, there's so many joyful examples in the book. The kind of bizarre sort of chastity belt moment in the book is that as an image that will stay with me for a long time. But at the same time, the book does come to a conclusion and I could see how you might want to do something, I guess, completely different. So what are you working on next? That's a really great question. What I'm working on now is novelty.
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