The Death of a Selfish Altruist: Tales & Poems from a Minor League Culture Worke

Description: The Death of a Selfish Altruist by Chris Stroffolino Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description Iniquity Press/Vendetta Books. Death of a Selfish Altruist is a memoir in which the personal gets tangled in the political, and cultural transformations of American in the last 3rd of the 20th century into the first decade of the 21st. It is also a memoir that distrusts the conventions of memoir (short on narrative, but long on opinions). Though it traces Stroffolinos various social activities as a "minor league culture worker,"-especially as a poet, teacher, and musician, and is clearly a working out of trauma caused by such "purely personal" experiences as becoming disabled, unemployed, and subsequently homeless, strains to connect them-by synthesizing various history myths of progress, and decay-- to the larger cultural phenomena investigative reporter Scott Timberg referred to as the 21st century "Culture Crash." With a degree of gallows humor, Stroffolino proposes some off-beat solutions to some of todays cultural issues in hopes of re-establishing a sense of the commons in an attempt to survive dominant cultural trends of privatization, gentrification, the 21st technocracy, as well as more perennial issues such as he way the same old mind-body dualism that has been used to further racism, classism, and sexism is employed by 21st century Culture Tzars to keep us divided. it is also an attempt to further a cultural discussion Details ISBN 1979353190 ISBN-13 9781979353199 Title The Death of a Selfish Altruist Author Chris Stroffolino Format Paperback Year 2017 Pages 190 Publisher Createspace Independent Publishing Platform GE_Item_ID:127823518; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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