Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. 1. Misuse: From Aesthetics to Practice 1
5. 2. Theaters of Rugged Consumerism 42
6. 3. The Garden in the Machine: Biomimetic Hybrids and the Tragedy of Singular Use 76
7. 4. The Rugged Consumer Bildungsroman 112
8. 5. Ritual, Play, and Neoliberal Rugged Consumerism 147
9. 6. The Commodity at the End of the World 180
10. Notes 191
11. Bibliography 209
12. Index 221