TY - GEN T1 - Buying time and getting by : the voluntary simplicity movement T2 - Book collections on Project MUSE. A1 - Grigsby, Mary, 1952- LA - English PP - Albany, NY PB - State University of New York Press YR - 2004 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_dda_ocm57566479 AB - "Buying Time and Getting By provides a detailed account of the voluntary simplicity movement, which took off in the United States in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The concept of voluntary simplicity encompasses both self-change aimed at bringing personal practice into alignment with ecological values and cultural change that rejects consumerist values and careerism. While simple livers struggle with self-change, they work toward the broader goals of a sustainable global environment, sustainable communities, increased equality in access to resources, and economies aimed at human quality of life rather then profit. Author Mary Grigsby looks inside the movement at the daily lives of participants and includes their own accounts of their efforts. She also uses reflexive empirical analysis to explore race, class, and gender in relation to the movement. The influence of the dominant culture and institutionalized power in shaping the movement are balanced with the importance of participants' dynamic identity work."--Jacket OP - 224 CN - BJ1496 .G75 2004eb SN - 1417575824 SN - 9781417575824 SN - 0791459993 SN - 9780791459997 SN - 0791460002 SN - 9780791460009 SN - 9780791485521 SN - 0791485528 KW - Voluntary simplicity movement. KW - Simplicité volontaire. KW - SELF-HELP : Personal Growth : Happiness. KW - Voluntary simplicity movement ER -