Everyday eBay: Culture, Collecting, and Desire

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415974364
• ISBN13: 9780415974363
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"