From Curlers to Chainsaws

From Curlers to Chainsaws
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Publisher : MSU Press
Total Pages : 397
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ISBN-10 : 9781628952490
ISBN-13 : 1628952490
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Book Synopsis From Curlers to Chainsaws by : Joyce Dyer

Download or read book From Curlers to Chainsaws written by Joyce Dyer and published by MSU Press. This book was released on 2016-02-01 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The twenty-three distinguished writers included in From Curlers to Chainsaws: Women and Their Machines invite machines into their lives and onto the page. In every room and landscape these writers occupy, gadgets that both stir and stymie may be found: a Singer sewing machine, a stove, a gun, a vibrator, a prosthetic limb, a tractor, a Dodge Dart, a microphone, a smartphone, a stapler, a No. 1 pencil and, of course, a curling iron and a chainsaw. From Curlers to Chainsaws is a groundbreaking collection of lyrical and illuminating essays about the serious, silly, seductive, and sometimes sorrowful relationships between women and their machines. This collection explores in depth objects we sometimes take for granted, focusing not only on their functions but also on their powers to inform identity. For each writer, the device moves beyond the functional to become a symbolic extension of the writer’s own mind—altering and deepening each woman’s concept of herself.


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