{"product_id":"the-trash-collector-matthew-strohl-9781324089063","title":"The Trash Collector: Better Living Through Bad Taste","description":"\u003cp\u003eTrash: You know it when you see it--the cheesy reality show, the made-for-TV movie, the garbage disdained by people of good taste. But philosopher Matthew Strohl argues that \"good taste\" might be a trap that narrows our horizons and mutes the expressive power of our own unique preferences. Instead, Strohl encourages us to nurture our weirdest curiosities and explore the liberating potential of the most unlikely aesthetic realms. An alluring connoisseur of cultural refuse, Strohl examines the bargain-bin cinema of Eric Roberts (the most prolific American film actor), spa music, spicy werewolf novels, Minnesota hot dish, and Lifetime movies. Deftly gesturing to thinkers like Pierre Bourdieu, Nick Riggle, and Alexander Nehamas, Strohl celebrates the \"cardinal virtues of trash\"--including curiosity, openness, humility and authenticity--and suggests that by journeying into the uncharted wasteland of bad taste, we might just find a path to self-actualization.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Matthew Strohl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1324089067\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781324089063\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/16\/2027\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Matthew Strohl","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48874671702271,"sku":"9781324089063","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-trash-collector-matthew-strohl-9781324089063","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}