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The Hoarders (Hardcover)
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The verb "declutter" has not yet made it into the "Oxford English
Dictionary," but its ever-increasing usage suggests that it's only
a matter of time. Articles containing tips and tricks on how to get
organized cover magazine pages and pop up in TV programs and
commercials, while clutter professionals and specialists referred
to as "clutterologists" are just a phone call away. Everywhere the
sentiment is the same: clutter is bad.
In "The Hoarders," Scott Herring provides an in-depth examination
of how modern hoarders came into being, from their onset in the
late 1930s to the present day. He finds that both the idea of
organization and the role of the clutterologist are deeply
ingrained in our culture, and that there is a fine line between
clutter and deviance in America. Herring introduces us to Jill,
whose countertops are piled high with decaying food and whose
cabinets are overrun with purchases, while the fly strips hanging
from her ceiling are arguably more fly than strip. When Jill spots
a decomposing pumpkin about to be jettisoned, she stops, seeing in
the rotting, squalid vegetable a special treasure. "I've never seen
one quite like this before," she says, and looks to see if any
seeds remain. It is from moments like these that Herring builds his
questions: What counts as an acceptable material life--and who
decides? Is hoarding some sort of inherent deviation of the mind,
or a recent historical phenomenon grounded in changing material
cultures? Herring opts for the latter, explaining that hoarders
attract attention not because they are mentally ill but because
they challenge normal modes of material relations. Piled high with
detailed and, at times, disturbing descriptions of uncleanliness,
"The Hoarders" delivers a sweeping and fascinating history of
hoarding that will cause us all to reconsider how we view these
accumulators of clutter.
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