Personal Stereo Tuhus-Dubrow Rebecca Independent Scholar USA
Personal Stereo Tuhus-Dubrow Rebecca Independent Scholar USA Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. But the Walkman was also…
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Personal Stereo Tuhus-Dubrow Rebecca Independent Scholar USA
Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. But the Walkman was also denounced as self-indulgent and anti-social--the quintessential accessory for the "me" generation. When the Sony Walkman debuted in 1979, people were enthralled by the novel experience it offered: immersion in the music of their choice, anytime, anywhere.
Ranging from postwar Japan to the present, Tuhus-Dubrow weaves history, cultural criticism, and her own memories into a revealing story that allows us to see our current technology-saturated moment afresh. In Personal Stereo, Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow takes us back to the birth of the device, exploring legal battles over credit for its invention, its ambivalent reception in 1980s America, and its lasting effects on social norms and public space. Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic.