Many of us have tried to call a halt to our spending at one time or another. But what if we decided not to buy anything for a whole year? Obviously, we would need necessities like food and soap, but how would be manage without new clothes, treats, entertainment? Funny, smart and self-deprecating, Not Buying It is a close look at our society's obsession with shopping and the cold turkey confession of a woman we can all identify with - someone who can't live without French roast coffee and expensive wool socks, but who has ...
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Many of us have tried to call a halt to our spending at one time or another. But what if we decided not to buy anything for a whole year? Obviously, we would need necessities like food and soap, but how would be manage without new clothes, treats, entertainment? Funny, smart and self-deprecating, Not Buying It is a close look at our society's obsession with shopping and the cold turkey confession of a woman we can all identify with - someone who can't live without French roast coffee and expensive wool socks, but who has had enough of spending money for the sake of it. Without consumer goods and experiences, Levine and her partner Paul pursue their careers, nurture family relationships and try to keep their sanity and humour intact. Tracking their progress and lapses, she contemplates the meanings of need and desire, scarcity and security, consumerism and citizenship. She asks the big questions - can the economy survive without shopping? Are Q-tips a necessity? A thought-provoking account of the pleasures and perils of the purchase-driven life, Not Buying It will get readers talking about their reliance on the act of buying and the possibility of getting off the merry-go-round.
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Very Good Condition in Very Good jacket. Book is in used very good condition. Pages contain minimal markings in the text. Binding is tight. 274 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. ISBN: 0743269357. ISBN/EAN: 9780743269353. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1561019025.
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Very Good Condition in Very Good jacket. Book is in used very good condition. Pages are clean of markings. Binding is tight. 274 pages. Multiple copies available this title. Quantity Available: 2. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. ISBN: 0743269357. ISBN/EAN: 9780743269353. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1561019023.
The actual memoir aspect of her year of non-consumption works well; her ramblings about the philosophy/psychology of consumerism, along with the political commentary, detract.
con61
Sep 4, 2007
Not worth it
To much politics and about how terrible it is not to be able to go to the movies!! Was expecting so much more. This one is going in the bin. Something I hardly ever do.