edited by Ken Hillis and Michael Petit with Nathan Scott Epley.
New York :
Routledge,
2006.
vii, 313 pages :
illustrations ;
23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
My obsession : I tought I was immune to the net, then I got bitten by eBay / William Gibson -- Ephemeral culture/eBay culture : film collectibles and fan investments / Mary Desjardins -- Virtual radiophile (163*) : eBay and the changing collecting practices of th U.K. vintage radio community / Rebecca M. Ellis and Anna Haywood -- Fortune-telling on eBay : early African American textual artifacts and the marketplace / Eric Gardner -- Reading eBay : hidden stores, subjective stories, and a people's history of the archive / Zoe Trodd -- Immaterial labor in the eBay community : the work of consumption in the "network society" / Jon Lillie -- The perfect community : disciplining the eBay user / Kylie Jarrett -- "Black Friday" and feedback bombing : an examination of trust and online community in eBay's early history / Laura Robinson -- Return of the town square : reputational gossip and trust on eBay / Lyn M. van Swol -- Of PEZ and perfect price : sniping, collecting cultures, and democracy on eBay / Nathan Scott Epley -- Auctioning the authentic : eBay, narrative effect, and the superfluity of memory / Ken Hills -- Between the archive and the image-repertoire : amateur commercial still life photography on eBay / James Leo Cahill -- "Virgin Mary in grilled cheese : not a hoax! Look & see!" : sublime kitsch on eBay / Susanna Paasonen -- eBay and the traveling museum : Elvis Richardson's Slide show land / Daniel Mudie Cunningham -- The contradictory circulation of fine art and antiques on eBay / Lisa Bloom -- My queer eBay : "gay interest" photographs and the visual culture of buying / Michele White -- "Cleaned to eBay standards" : sex panic, eBay, and the moral economy of underwear / Michael Petit -- Playing dress-up : eBay's vintage clothing-land / Katalin Lovász.
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"On any given day, more than two million items are listed for sale on eBay, from everyday objects to kitsch and collectibles to the truly bizarre. Since its debut ten years ago, eBay has quickly become a central destination for millions of web browsers. According to eBay itself, up to 165,000 Americans now make their living by selling through the website, and other business analysts project that hundreds of thousands of individuals worldwide now make their living through eBay. Everyday eBay is the first scholarly analysis of the internet marketplace that has become a global social, cultural and economic phenomenon. The nineteen new and classic essays gathered here examine eBay from a wide variety of perspectives as a bellwether of taste and material culture; as a rich site of cultural, racial, and sexual discourse and practice; as an emergent media form; and as a facilitator of global consumerism. From old toys steeped in nostalgia to "rare" limited edition shoes, the contributors demonstrate that value on eBay is never simply about "price.""--Provided by publisher.