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Series: Object Lessons
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Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.
You can’t think about travel without thinking about luggage. And baggage has baggage. Susan Harlan takes readers on a journey with the suitcases that support, accessorise, and accompany our lives. Along the way, she shows how the materials of travel — the carry-ons, totes, trunks, and train cases of the past and present — have stories to tell about displacement, home, gender, class, consumption, and labour.
Luggage considers bags as carefully curated microcosms of our domestic and professional selves, charting the evolution of travel across literature, film, and art. A simple suitcase, it turns out, contains more than you might think.
Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic.
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Susan Harlan's Luggage is celebrated for its engaging exploration of the role of luggage in our lives, blending personal musings with cultural insights. Reviewers appreciate her brisk, thought-provoking writing style, noting her ability to draw deep psychological implications from the seemingly mundane topic of luggage. The book is both informative and entertaining, offering readers a reflective look at the items we carry during travel and the meanings behind them.
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ISBN: 9781501329296
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 08 March 2018
Country: United States
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic USA
Illustration: 7 b/w illustrations
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 8.0mm
Width: 186.0mm
Height: 236.0mm
Weight: 147g
Pages: 160
About the Author
Susan Harlan is Associate Professor of English at Wake Forest University, USA. She is the author of Memories of War in Early Modern England (2016). Her writing has appeared in publications including the Guardian, the Awl, the Bitter Southerner, Jezebel, and Atlas Obscura.
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