Shopping our Way to Safety
by Szasz, AndrewFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2009-02-24
Publisher(s): Univ of Minnesota Pr
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Summary
Many Americans today rightly fear that they are exposed to toxins in their environment. Yet we have responded not by pushing for governmental regulation but instead by shopping. Andrew Szasz examines this phenomenon and argues that when consumers believe that they are buying a defense from hazards, they feel less urgency to find ways to eliminate them. To achieve real protection, he concludes, we must give up individualized solutions and together seek reform. Book jacket.
Author Biography
Andrew Szasz is professor and chair of the sociology department at the University of California at Santa Cruz and author of the award-winning EcoPopulism (Minnesota, 1994).
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgments | p. ix |
| Introduction: Inverted Quarantine | p. 1 |
| Two Historical Case Studies | p. 9 |
| The Fallout Shelter Panic of 1961 | p. 15 |
| Suburbanization as Inverted Quarantine | p. 56 |
| Assembling a Personal Commodity Bubble for One's Body | p. 97 |
| Drinking | p. 105 |
| Eating | p. 134 |
| Breathing | p. 153 |
| Consequences of Inverted Quarantine | p. 169 |
| Imaginary Refuge | p. 173 |
| Political Anesthesia | p. 194 |
| Conclusion: The Future of an Illusion | p. 223 |
| Notes | p. 239 |
| References | p. 283 |
| Index | p. 319 |
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