Superfluous Things: Material Culture and Social Status in Early Modern China
- ISBN-10
- 0824828208
- ISBN-13
- 9780824828202
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 252
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004-05-31
- Publisher
- University of Hawaii Press
- Author
- Craig Clunas
Description
Now in paperback This outstanding and original book, presented here with a new preface, examines the history of material culture in early modern China. Craig Clunas analyzes “superfluous things”—the paintings, calligraphy, bronzes, ceramics, carved jade, and other objects owned by the elites of Ming China—and describes contemporary attitudes to them. He informs his discussions with reference to both socio-cultural theory and current debates on eighteenth-century England concerning luxury, conspicuous consumption, and the growth of the consumer society.
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