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ISBN
9781982179359
Book Title
Ugly History of Beautiful Things : Essays on Desire and Consumption
Item Length
9in
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Publication Year
2023
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Item Height
1in
Author
Katy Kelleher
Genre
History, Social Science
Topic
Social History, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Essays
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
14.5 Oz
Number of Pages
272 Pages

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Paris Review contributor Katy Kelleher explores our obsession with gorgeous things, unveiling the fraught histories of makeup, flowers, perfume, silk, and other beautiful objects. April recommended reading by the New York Times Book Review , Vanity Fair , Goodreads , Jezebel , Christian Science Monitor , All Arts , and the Next Big Idea Club One of Curbed 's and Globe and Mail 's (Toronto) best books of the spring A most anticipated book of 2023 by The Millions Katy Kelleher has spent much of her life chasing beauty. As a child, she uprooted handfuls of purple, fragrant little flowers from the earth, plucked iridescent seashells from the beach, and dug for turquoise stones in her backyard. As a teenager she applied glittery shimmer to her eyelids after religiously dabbing on her signature scent of orange blossoms and jasmine. And as an adult, she coveted gleaming marble countertops and delicate porcelain to beautify her home. This obsession with beauty led her to become a home, garden, and design writer, where she studied how beautiful things are mined, grown, made, and enhanced. In researching these objects, Kelleher concluded that most of us are blind to the true cost of our desires. Because whenever you find something unbearably beautiful, look closer, and you'll inevitably find a shadow of decay lurking underneath. In these dazzling and deeply researched essays, Katy Kelleher blends science, history, and memoir to uncover the dark underbellies of our favorite goods. She reveals the crushed beetle shells in our lipstick, the musk of rodents in our perfume, and the burnt cow bones baked into our dishware. She untangles the secret history of silk and muses on her problematic prom dress. She tells the story of countless workers dying in their efforts to bring us shiny rocks from unsafe mines that shatter and wound the earth, all because a diamond company created a compelling ad. She examines the enduring appeal of the beautiful dead girl and the sad fate of the ugly mollusk. With prose as stunning as the objects she describes, Kelleher invites readers to examine their own relationships with the beautiful objects that adorn their body and grace their homes. And yet, Kelleher argues that while we have a moral imperative to understand our relationship to desire, we are not evil or weak for desiring beauty. The Ugly History of Beautiful Things opens our eyes to beauty that surrounds us, helps us understand how that beauty came to be, what price was paid and by whom, and how we can most ethically partake in the beauty of the world.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Simon & Schuster
ISBN-10
198217935x
ISBN-13
9781982179359
eBay Product ID (ePID)
24057254398

Product Key Features

Book Title
Ugly History of Beautiful Things : Essays on Desire and Consumption
Author
Katy Kelleher
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Social History, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Essays
Publication Year
2023
Genre
History, Social Science
Number of Pages
272 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
14.5 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Bh301.C75k45 2023
Reviews
"A lovely book. Kelleher's voice is curious and full of insight into the often dark histories of the things we call beautiful. By the end of this book, you'll want to go pick some flowers and listen to the ocean out of a conch shell, empowered by the knowledge of where that desire comes from." -- Rax King, Author of Tacky and co-host of the podcast Low Culture Boil "Fascinating and richly researched. You'll never smell a rose or stroke a silk blouse quite the same way again - even if, like Kelleher, you can't stop loving them." -Alexandra Lange, author of Meet Me Behind the Fountain
Dewey Decimal
111.85
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes

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