Shipping Out
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"Shipping Out" is David Foster Wallace’s acclaimed essay that recounts his simultaneously humorous and unsettling experiences aboard a luxury cruise, critiquing consumerism and American leisure culture.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Shipping Out canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
essay
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nonfiction work ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again (essay version title) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | David Foster Wallace NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collectedIn | A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collectionType | essay collection ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Harper's Magazine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| critiques |
corporate marketing
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escapism ⓘ mass-market luxury ⓘ service industry ⓘ |
| explores |
anxiety
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boredom ⓘ death awareness ⓘ desire for comfort ⓘ loneliness ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | narrator David Foster Wallace ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1996 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Harper's Magazine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
creative nonfiction
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literary journalism ⓘ travel writing ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
contemporary essay writing
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cruise industry cultural criticism ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
American middle-class desires
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artificial happiness ⓘ commodification of pleasure ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postmodern literature ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
American consumerism
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cruise ship vacation ⓘ leisure culture ⓘ luxury tourism ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blend of humor and existential reflection
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critique of cruise vacations ⓘ detailed depiction of luxury excess ⓘ |
| publicationMedium | magazine ⓘ |
| publisher | Harper's Magazine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Caribbean cruise
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luxury cruise ship ⓘ |
| style |
detailed observation
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digressive narrative ⓘ footnote-heavy prose ⓘ |
| targetAudience | general adult readership ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribed | 1990s ⓘ |
| tone |
humorous
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melancholic ⓘ satirical ⓘ |
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