{"product_id":"profane-waste-9780974364834","title":"Profane Waste","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJewels buried in a grave, cigarettes smoked in $100 bills, champagne poured into a bathtub--these perverse, irrational acts are also somehow thrilling. \u003ci\u003eProfane Waste\u003c\/i\u003e explores the workings of an unacknowledged taboo: the taboo against willful dissipation. Dana Hoey, an acclaimed photographer appearing here in her first book, presents a series of 30 haunting images that are at once ultra-real and uncanny. Bestselling biographer and social critic Gretchen Rubin uses lucid analysis and explosive examples--the actions of Rauschenberg, Jesus, Ivan Boesky, Thoreau and Goebbels, among others--to demonstrate the power of the title concept. Together, Hoey''s photographs and Rubin''s provocative arguments create a shock of recognition: they lay bare intentions that stand outside the conventional goals of acquisition and accumulation.","brand":"Gregory R Miller \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49528636539223,"sku":"9780974364834","price":27.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780974364834.jpg?v=1731872401","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/profane-waste-9780974364834","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}