Download or read book Slow Culture and the American Dream written by Mary Caputi and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-06 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Slow Culture and the American Dream: A Slow and Curvy Philosophy for the Twenty-First Century is divided into an introduction, six chapters, and a conclusion. In making its case for the philosophy of slow, the book first chronicles the origins of the Slow Food movement in Italy in the 1980s followed by various outgrowths: e.g., Cittaslow (slow cities), slow fashion, slow travel, and slow parenting. The book explains why the slow movement is in many ways at odds with the prevalent American Dream so committed to growth, speed, and acceleration.