Dwelling in Resistance : : Living with Alternative Technologies in America / / Chelsea Schelly.

Most Americans take for granted much of what is materially involved in the daily rituals of dwelling. In Dwelling in Resistance, Chelsea Schelly examines four alternative U.S. communities-"The Farm," "Twin Oaks," "Dancing Rabbit," and "Earthships"-where electr...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter RUP eBook-Package 2017
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Place / Publishing House:New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2017]
©2017
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
Series:Nature, Society, and Culture
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Physical Description:1 online resource (248 p.) :; 21 photographs, 1 figure
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • 1. What Does It Mean to Dwell in Resistance?
  • 2. What "Normal" Dwelling Looks Like: The History of Home Technologies
  • 3. Custodians of the Earth, Witnesses to Transition: The Story of The Farm
  • 4. The Abundance of the Commons: Twin Oaks and the Plenitude Ethic
  • 5. Individualism and Symbiosis: Th e Dance at Dancing Rabbit
  • 6 Self-Sufficiency as Social Justice: The Case of Earthship Biotecture
  • 7. Dwelling in Resistance
  • Appendix: Reflections on Method
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author