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grocery store

by Heather Elizabeth Stauffer

Institution:	Virginia Tech
Department:	Architecture
Degree:	M. Arch.
Year:	1999
Keywords:	washington DC; grocery store; supermarket; Georges Perec; the everyday; shopping
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Record ID:	1704934
Full text PDF:	http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-081699-133349/

Abstract

This is my agenda. My "code of ethics". A structure of intentions. I think it's why I'm here. I'm not serious but take me seriously. Cheez Whiz and potted meat, fluorescent lights and vinyl siding. I'm not laughing at it. I fall for the hype. I'm down with the bonus buys. I don't get anywhere pretending I'm above all that. I'm just having fun with it. Siphoning off some of its energy. Borrowing it indefinitely. Everybody does it. It's best when it's an unlikely source. Metallica borrows from West Side Story and Jay-Z makes Annie a rap star (Don't Tread on Me/ Hard Knock Life). Rework my sources. A dash of Shopper's Food Warehouse and a taste of 425 Monroe Avenue blended with an (un?)healthy dose of (un)popular culture and some (nutra)Sweet's for flavor.