Buying Time and Getting by

The Voluntary Simplicity Movement

von Mary Grigsby

232 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

An exploration of the voluntary simplicity movement including comments from simple livers and a look at class, race, and gender in this movement.Buying Time and Getting By provides a detailed account of the voluntary simplicity movement, which took off in the United States in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The concept of voluntary simplicity encompasses both self-change aimed at bringing personal practice into alignment with ecological values and cultural change that rejects consumerist values and careerism. While simple livers struggle with self-change, they work toward the broader goals of a sustainable global environment, sustainable communities, increased equality in access to resources, and economies aimed at human quality of life rather than profit. Author Mary Grigsby looks inside the movement at the daily lives of participants and includes their own accounts of their efforts. She also uses reflexive empirical analysis to explore race, class, and gender in relation to the movement. The influence of the dominant culture and institutionalized power in shaping the movement are balanced with the importance of participants' dynamic identity work.

• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Gesellschaft und Kultur, allgemein Kultur- und Medienwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften Populäre Kultur
• ISBN: 9780791459997
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 19.01.2004
• Größe: 236 x 169 mm
• Verlag: State University of New York Press