Retailers, Employers, and Consumers

Chapter five: The chapter where the video store becomes "Cheers."

Greenberg's book is tinged with nostalgia. His overview of the community that is built around an item like the video cassette is enlightening and provides a new way of examining historical artifacts, but the chapter is also heavily dependent on accounts of people that provide nostalgic accounts. I'm a little wary of the accounts: how could things have been so wonderful. When I think back on high school, I tend to forget a lot of the frustrating aspects of it, and I feel like this story might be missing another side (Again, perhaps related to the porn industry - see previous posts).