Injury: the politics of product design and safety law in the united states
Auteur :
Jain, Lochlann
Éditeur :
Princeton University Press
ISBN :
9780691119083
Date de publication :
26 mars 2006
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
312 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Offers an anthropological analysis and critique of American injury law. This book approaches injury law as a symptom of a larger American injury culture. It offers an understanding of the problematic role that law plays in Americans' relations with the objects they consume. It shows that American law sets out injury as an exceptional state.