In light of the increasing interest in the economic and socio-political impacts of the ‘local food' trend, it is important to ask what are local foods? If you do not know your local producer, then how can you know whether the product you are purchasing is local? These questions are at the...

Thrift stores and the Gilded Age shopper -- Dressing Dada and the rise of flea markets -- Garage sales and suburban subversiveness -- The invention of vintage clothing -- Elective poverty and postwar politics -- Genderfuck and the boyfriend look -- Connoisseurs of trash in a world full of it --...