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Buying Time and Getting by: The Voluntary Simplicity Movement
ISBN-13:
9780791460009
ISBN-10:
0791460002
Author:
Mary Grigsby
Publication date:
2004
Publisher:
State University of New York Press
Format:
Paperback
234 pages
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ISBN-13:
9780791460009
ISBN-10:
0791460002
Author:
Mary Grigsby
Publication date:
2004
Publisher:
State University of New York Press
Format:
Paperback
234 pages
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Buying Time and Getting by: The Voluntary Simplicity Movement (ISBN-13: 9780791460009 and ISBN-10: 0791460002), written by authors
Mary Grigsby, was published by State University of New York Press in 2004.
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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.
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.
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