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Liked It “The good essays in this are outstanding. My favorite is Ellen Gruber Garvey's piece on scrap booking. It succeeds at what this genre of history does best - connecting the past tot the present to reveal continuity where others see revolutionary transformation (which is what marketers want you to...” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“The good essays in this are outstanding. My favorite is Ellen Gruber Garvey's piece on scrap booking. It succeeds at what this genre of history does best - connecting the past tot the present to reveal continuity where others see revolutionary transformation (which is what marketers want you to see...). IN this particular essay, we read of the way 19th and early 20th century scrapbookers used slivers of existing to piece to gether new and personal narratives...in much the same way people are slicing up movies and re-posting the pieced together results on YouTube. A great book for getting in touch with the creativity of the past...and reminding the reader that the more things change, the more they may be staying the same...”
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