Cultures of Collecting
- ISBN-10
- 0948462515
- ISBN-13
- 9780948462511
- Category
- Antiques & Collectibles
- Pages
- 324
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1994
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books
- Authors
- John Elsner, Roger Cardinal
Description
Offering a spectrum of approaches to the phenomenon of collecting from the 16th century to the present, this book covers the collecting of any sort of material objects. It not only deals with the physical objects, but examines the organization of ideas and intellectual models of collecting.
Get the book
Other editions
Similar books
-
The Cultures of Collecting
By John Elsner, Roger CardinalThis book traces the psychology, history and theory of the compulsion to collect, focusing not just on the normative collections of the Western canon, but also on collections that reflect...
-
Collecting in a Consumer Society
By Russell W. BelkMelanie Wallendorf, and John F. Sherry, Jr. (1989), “The Sacred and the Profane in Consumer Behavior: Theodicy on the ... Melanie Wallendorf, John Sherry, Morris Holbrook, and Scott Roberts (1988), “Collectors and Collections,” in ...
-
Collecting Across Cultures: Material Exchanges in the Early Modern Atlantic World
By Peter C. Mancall, Daniela BleichmarThe verse touted Maximilian as the possessor of an unparalleled trea- sury of silver, gold, gems, and robes that was ... second print project to illustrate Maximilian's treasure, represented the peripatetic emperor's processional train.
-
Arts of South Asia: Cultures of Collecting
By Allysa B. Peyton, Katherine Anne PaulThese essays speak to the colonial legacies that created such collections but that now must be viewed though a post-colonial lens.
-
Collecting Colonialism: Material Culture and Colonial Change
By Chris Gosden, Chantal KnowlesMcCarthy's statement is comparatively rare – 'Boko was not only my cook. After twelve months with me he had developed into a travelling companion, general adviser and interpreter' (McCarthy 1963: 31). Many of the wiser patrol officers ...
-
Cult Collectors
By Lincoln GeraghtyThe book opens with an analysis of the problematic representations of fans and fandom in film and television.
-
Women and the Art and Science of Collecting in Eighteenth-Century Europe
By Arlene Leis, Kacie L. WillsThrough both longer essays and shorter case studies, this book examines the relationship of European women from various countries and backgrounds to collecting, in order to explore the social practices and material and visual cultures of ...
-
Everyday eBay: Culture, Collecting, and Desire
By Ken Hillis, Michael Petit, Nathan Scott EpleyEveryday eBay is the first scholarly analysis of the internet marketplace that has become a global social, cultural and economic phenomenon.
-
Ancient Rome as a Museum: Power, Identity, and the Culture of Collecting
By Steven RutledgeAncient Rome as a Museum considers how cultural objects from the Roman Empire came to reflect, construct, and challenge Roman perceptions of power and identity.
-
Finding Culture in Talk: A Collection of Methods
By N. QuinnThis edited collection presents a range of heretofore unpublished, unavailable methods for the systematic reconstruction of culture from interviews and other discourse.