"We Live in a Used World:" Cultural Geographies of American Garage Sales

This thesis seeks to understand the emotional geographies of American garage sales, which I argue are liminal. Through a methodology of narrative surveys (open-ended questionnaires), mental maps, participant-observation, and interviews, I make the case that garage sales, through absent and/or presen...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hanks, Gentry Powell
Other Authors: Regis, Helen A.
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: LSU 2011
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Online Access:http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-07072011-174745/