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Hanging out : the radical power of killing time / Sheila Liming.

By: Publication details: New York : Melville House, 2023.; ©2022.Description: xxi, 232 pages ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9781685890056
  • 1685890059
Other title:
  • Radical power of killing time
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 303.32 23
LOC classification:
  • HM686 .L56 2023
Contents:
Hanging out at parties -- Hanging out with strangers -- Jamming as hanging out -- Hanging out on the job -- Dinner parties as hanging out -- Hanging out on the internet -- Conclusion: how to hang out.
Summary: "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." --publisher's website.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks HM686 .L56 2023 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 33039001508570

Includes bibliographical references (pages [223]-228) and index.

Hanging out at parties -- Hanging out with strangers -- Jamming as hanging out -- Hanging out on the job -- Dinner parties as hanging out -- Hanging out on the internet -- Conclusion: how to hang out.

"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." --publisher's website.

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