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Housing Monster - by Prole Info Prole Info (Paperback)

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Highlights

  • The Housing Monster is a scathing illustrated essay that takes one seemingly simple, everyday thing--a house--and looks at the social relations that surround it.
  • About the Author: prole.info is an anonymous American worker whose writings and illustrations can be found on www.prole.info.
  • 160 Pages
  • Social Science, Sociology

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Book Synopsis



The Housing Monster is a scathing illustrated essay that takes one seemingly simple, everyday thing--a house--and looks at the social relations that surround it. Moving from intensely personal thoughts and interactions to large-scale political and economic forces, it reads alternately like a worker's diary, a short story, a psychology of everyday life, a historical account, an introduction to Marxist critique of political economy, and an angry flyer someone would pass you on the street.

Starting with the construction site and the physical building of houses, the book slowly builds and links more and more issues together: from gentrification and city politics to gender roles and identity politics, from subcontracting and speculation to union contracts and negotiation, from individual belief, suffering, and resistance to structural division, necessity, and instability. What starts as a look at housing broadens into a critique of capitalism as a whole. The text is accompanied by clean black-and-white illustrations that are mocking, beautiful, and bleak.



Review Quotes




"A thorough and easy-to-read analysis of the fight at the construction site and what the conditions are for the struggle in the city and for the land."
--Kämpa Tillsammans!

"Part illustrated guide to Marx, part analysis of the everyday consequences of producing and consuming housing as a commodity, and part revolutionary call to arms!"
--Aufheben

"Looking for a place to dwell? Or even for an entirely new world to live in? But maybe you're afraid radical theory is boring? Then The Housing Monster is the book for you. The author of the now classic Abolish Restaurants has come to grips with another vital issue: the housing question. Class analysis + a critique of daily life + uncensored innovative graphics + more... Enjoy!"
--Gilles Dauvé

"In this persuasive chapbook, author Prole.info utilize words and illustrations to tell two intriguing parallel stories: first, what the food service industry entails for those who work in the restaurants themselves, and then, the political and social implications of eating establishments on local economies and working people."
--Dotrad.com on Abolish Restaurants

"The entire booklet is enthralling, perhaps especially so if you don't already know what goes on behind the scenes for underpaid, non-unionized restaurant workers in the United States."
--Change.org on Abolish Restaurants




About the Author



prole.info is an anonymous American worker whose writings and illustrations can be found on www.prole.info. He/she is the author and illustrator of Abolish Restaurants. He/she lives in Washington, DC.
Dimensions (Overall): 8.4 Inches (H) x 5.4 Inches (W) x .6 Inches (D)
Weight: .3 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 160
Genre: Social Science
Sub-Genre: Sociology
Publisher: PM Press
Theme: General
Format: Paperback
Author: Prole Info Prole Info
Language: English
Street Date: May 30, 2012
TCIN: 91748564
UPC: 9781604865301
Item Number (DPCI): 247-14-0437
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship dimensions: 0.6 inches length x 5.4 inches width x 8.4 inches height
Estimated ship weight: 0.3 pounds
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