Everyday eBay : Culture, Collecting, and Desire (Paperback)

Introducing Everyday eBay Ken Hillis, Michael Petit, and Nathan Epley 1. My Obsession: I Thought I was Immune to the Net. Then I Got Bitten by eBay William Gibson 2. Ephemeral Culture/eBay Culture: Film Collectables and Fan Investments Mary Desjardins 3. Virtual_radiophile (163 *): eBay and the Changing Collecting Practices of the U.K. Vintage Radio Community Rebecca Ellis and Anna Haywood 4. Fortune Telling on eBay: Early African American Textual Artifacts and the Marketplace Eric Gardner 5. Reading eBay: Hidden Stores, Subjective Stories, and a People's History of the Archive Zoe Trodd 6. Immaterial Labor in the eBay Community: The Work of Consumption in the Network Society Jon Lillie 7. The Perfect Community: Disciplining the eBay User Kylie Jarrett 8. Black Friday and Feedback Bombing: An Examination of Trust and Online Community in eBay's Early History Laura Robinson 9. Return of the Town Square: Reputational Gossip and Trust on eBay Lyn M. Van Swol 10. Of PEZ and Perfect Price: Sniping, Collecting Cultures, and Democracy on eBay Nathan Scott Epley 11. Auctioning the Authentic: eBay, Narrative Effect, and the Superfluity of Memory Ken Hillis 12. Between the Archive and the Image-Repertoire: Amateur Commercial Still Life Photography on eBay James Leo Cahill 13. Virgin Mary In Grilled Cheese NOT A HOAX! LOOK & SEE!: Sublime Kitsch on eBay Susanna Paasonen 14. eBay and the Traveling Museum: Elvis Richardson's Slide Show Land Daniel Mudie Cunningham 15. The Contradictory Circulation of Fine Art and Antiques on eBay Lisa Bloom 16. My Queer eBay: Gay Interest Photographs and the Visual Culture of Buying Michele White 17. When Used is Better than New: Sex Panic, eBay, and the Moral Economy of Underwear Michael Petit 18. Playing Dress-Up: eBay's Vintage Clothing-Land Katalin Lovász The Editors and Contributors Index