{"product_id":"9781501353345","title":"Signature","description":"Author: Hunter Dukes\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781501353345\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 03 Dec 2020\u003cbr\u003ePages: 160 Format: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. \u003cbr\u003eWhy do we sign our names? How can a squiggle both enslave and liberate? Signatures often require a witness   as if the scrawl itself is not enough. What other kinds of beliefs and longings justify our signing practices? \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSignature\u003c\/i\u003e addresses these questions as it roams from a roundtable on the Greek island of Syros, to a scene of handwriting analysis conducted in an English pub, from a wedding in Moscow, where guests sign the bride's body, to a San Franciscan tattoo parlor interested in arcane forms.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe signature's history encompasses ancient handprints on cave walls, autograph hunters, the branding of slaves, metaphysical poetry, medical malpractice, hip-hop lyrics, legal challenges to electronic signatures, ice cores harvested from Greenland, and tales of forgery and autopens.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003ePart cultural chronicle, part travelogue, \u003ci\u003eSignature\u003c\/i\u003e pursues the identifying marks made by people, animals, and planetary forces, revealing the stories and fantasies hidden in their signatures.\u003cbr\u003eObject Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46629793005726,"sku":"UBD-9781501353345","price":19.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781501353345.jpg?v=1774221152","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781501353345","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}