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Griffiths, Jay

 
9780002570770: Pip Pip: A Sideways Look at Time
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ISBN 10 : 0002570777 ISBN 13 : 9780002570770
Editeur : Flamingo, 1999

Synopsis

An enthusiastic piece of pop anthropology on the one subject that has ousted sex and money from the top of the obsessions league. Jay Griffiths takes the subject of "time" in her teeth and chews at it until it's a far more palatable item. Her exploration of the passage of time includes; our obsession with speed, with overtaking; motorways and their link to fascism; war; Mercury (god of flight) and the mythology of time and speed; Diana and Marilyn Monroe, flawed women who, through their violent deaths, have become timeless icons; history and the heritage industry; the "meanness" of Greenwich Mean Time; the fast language we now have to go with fast food; Aborigine dreamtime; the difference between festivals and pageants; May Day; and the New Year.

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À propos de l'auteur

JAY GRIFFITHS read English at Oxford and has written extensively for (amongst others) the Guardian, the Observer, and the London Review of Books. This is her first book.

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Éditeur
Flamingo
Date d'édition
1999
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0002570777
ISBN 13 
9780002570770
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
336
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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