{"product_id":"people-who-lunch-sally-olds-9780316565714","title":"People Who Lunch: On Work, Leisure, and Loose Living","description":"\u003cb\u003eA riveting investigation of the utopian experiments attempting to resist the unrelenting demands of late-stage capitalism--only to end up living comfortably alongside it\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e What do post-work politics, the cult of crypto, clubbing, and polyamory have in common? All have spawned thriving subcultures united in their rejection of the patriarchal capitalist order: from wage labor, to the reign of the shareholder class over capital markets, to romantic relationships that feel like contractual arrangements to be negotiated, and more. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople Who Lunch\u003c\/i\u003e is about hating work and needing to work, intimacy and technology, labor and leisure, and the challenge of living our ideals in a less than ideal world. In it, Sally Olds brings her \"unsparing scrutiny to bear...as she grapples with the sense of entrapment in the machinery of capitalism and remorseless logic of commodification\" (ABC Arts). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In one essay, Olds's brief flirtation with post-monogamy forces her to confront the emotional prison of the \"open relationship\"; in another, a multi-hour viewing of a critically acclaimed performance art piece highlights how even the highest forms of culture exist to convert pleasure into capital. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the end, her forays into these colorful worlds betray a deep irony: escaping a system built on the exchange of wage labor is, quite simply, a lot of work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sally Olds\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0316565717\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780316565714\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Little Brown Spark\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/06\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.49h x 5.82w x 0.49d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/08\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/15\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2024 pg. 5","brand":"Sally Olds","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44128663503103,"sku":"9780316565714","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_44fc8fd9-6bdb-472c-be19-db02b1954372.jpg?v=1687459853","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/people-who-lunch-sally-olds-9780316565714","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}