Mark Chaves

Flea Market Jesus

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“Drawing on extensive participation in flea markets and systematic interviews with the people who sell their wares there, Arthur Farnsley has written a vivid and sympathetic portrayal of flea market dealers and the world they inhabit. But this book is about more than flea markets. Part memoir and part cultural analysis, Flea Market Jesus compellingly connects dealers' economic precariousness, religious beliefs, and alienation to broader currents in American politics and religion.”