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Tinkering : Australians reinvent DIY culture / Katherine Wilson.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Wilson, Katherine, author.
Series:
Monash Studies in Australian Society Series
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Repairing.
Repairing--Australia.
Self-service (Economics).
Self-services (Economics)--Australia.
Self-services (Economics).
Do-it-yourself work.
Australians--Attitudes--21st century.
Australians.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (295 pages) : illustrations
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Clayton, Victoria : Monash University Publishing, [2017]
Summary:
Building on the work of historians, sociologists, psychologists, and economists, but with a journalist's impulse for the currency of her story, Katherine Wilson documents domestic tinkering as an undervalued form of material scholarship, social connection, psychological sanctuary, and political activism. Equal parts field guide and love letter,.
Contents:
Front cover
Title page
Copyright and Imprint Information
Detail of Daniel Moynihan's H W Tinker Truck, 2010 (inside cover image)
Dedication
Glossary
Acknowledgements
1 Tinkering
2 Hindsight
3 Magic
4 Sanctuary
5 Home
6 Vocation
7 Risk
8 Utopia
9 Exhibition
10 Reform
Select References
About the Author
Back Cover.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [275]-293).
Description based on print version record.
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
ISBN:
1-925495-44-2
OCLC:
1007521058

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