{"product_id":"amazon-at-the-intersection-of-culture-and-capital-paperback","title":"Amazon: At the Intersection of Culture and Capital - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePaul Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eAlexander Monea\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eMaillim Santiago\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book's critical analyses of Amazon.com trace the political economy of the platform, the practices of resistance that laborers and activists have employed against it, the broader cultural impacts it has had on everyday life, and its broader environmental impacts on the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Smith\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Cultural Studies and Global Affairs at George Mason University. Most of his working life has been spent in the US, including posts at Miami University OH, and Carnegie Mellon before his appointment at George Mason University in 1996. Between 1999 and 2002 he was chaired Professor and department head of Media and Cultural Studies at the University of Sussex. At George Mason he has been director of the Center for the Study of the Americas and currently teaches mostly in the Cultural Studies PhD program, but also for Global Affairs. He was elected President of the national Cultural Studies Association (2016-18). He is the author of \u003ci\u003ePound Revised\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDiscerning the Subject\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eClint Eastwood: A Cultural Production\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMillennial Dreams: Culture and Capital in the North\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePrimitive America: The Ideology of Capitalist Democracy\u003c\/i\u003e. He has edited \u003ci\u003eMen in Feminism\u003c\/i\u003e (with Alice Jardine), \u003ci\u003eMadonnarama\u003c\/i\u003e (with Lisa Frank), and \u003ci\u003eBoys\u003c\/i\u003e, and has published a book of translations from Jean Louis Schefer, \u003ci\u003eThe Enigmatic Body\u003c\/i\u003e. His essays and articles have appeared in scores of journals and collections in the US and overseas. His most recent edited volume is T\u003ci\u003ehe Renewal of Cultural Studies\u003c\/i\u003e and he is currently completing a book on Covid vaccines.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlexander Monea\u003c\/b\u003e is an Assistant Professor in the English Department and Cultural Studies Program at George Mason University. He researches the history and cultural impacts of computers and digital media. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Digital Closet: How the Internet Became Straight\u003c\/i\u003e and co-author of \u003ci\u003eThe Prisonhouse of the Circuit: Politics of Control from Analog to Digital\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also an editor for the journal \u003ci\u003eData \u0026amp; Policy\u003c\/i\u003e focusing on the area of Ethics, Equity, and Trust.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaillim Santiago\u003c\/b\u003e is a media and culture scholar pursuing a Cultural Studies doctoral track at George Mason University. She has contributed work to \u003ci\u003eMAI: Feminism \u0026amp; Visual Culture\u003c\/i\u003e and Final Girls Film Festival. Her work has screened across the country, including the Brooklyn Women's Film Festival, Tampa Bay Comic Con, Florida's Undergraduate Research Conference, Orlando Film Festival, Final Girls Film Festival, and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 366\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.82 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 29, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45800262434899,"sku":"9781538175583","price":71.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/9731\/2595\/files\/pbkCZWgtWI9781538175583.webp?v=1783587096","url":"https:\/\/the-stone-owl-bookstore.myshopify.com\/products\/amazon-at-the-intersection-of-culture-and-capital-paperback","provider":"The Stone Owl Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}