Hanging Out

The Radical Power of Killing Time

Hanging Out
Sheila Liming
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Hardback
h210 x 140mm - 224pg
24 Jan 2023 US
International import eta 7-19 days
9781685890056
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Publication abandoned or delayed indefinitely
A smart and empowering book about the simple art of hanging out . . . and of taking back our social lives from the deadening whirl of contemporary life. Almost every day it seems that our world becomes more fractured, more digital, and more chaotic. Sheila Liming has the answer- we need to hang out more. Starting with the assumption that play is to children as hanging out is to adult, Liming makes a brilliant case for the necessity of unstructured social time as a key element of our cultural vitality. The book asks questions like what is hanging out? why is it important? why do we do it? how do we do it? and examines the various ways we hang out -- in groups, online, at parties, at work. Hanging Out- The Radical Power of Killing Time makes an intelligent case for the importance of this most casual of social structures, and shows us how just getting together can be a potent act of resistance all on its own.
Sheila Liming is an associate professor at Champlain College (Burlington, VT), where she teaches classes on literature, media, and writing. She is the author of two books, What a Library Means to a Woman (Minnesota UP, 2020) and Office (Bloomsbury, 2020), and the editor a new edition of Edith Wharton' s The Age of Innocence (W. W. Norton). Her essays have appeared in venues like The Atlantic, McSweeney' s, Lapham' s Quarterly, The Los Angeles Review of Books, Public Books, and The Point.
Status: Publication Abandoned or Delayed Indefinitely
ISBN-13: 9781685890056
Published: 24 Jan 2023
Published In: United States
Imprint: Melville House Publishing
Publisher: Melville House Publishing
Format: Hardback
Height: 210mm
Width: 140mm
Pages: 224

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