On Collecting: An Investigation into Collecting in the European Tradition - Rilegato

Pearce, Susan

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ISBN 10: 0415075602 ISBN 13: 9780415075602

Casa editrice: Routledge, 1995

Riassunto

Breaking new ground in its analysis of our relationship to the material world, On Collecting examines the nature of collecting both in Europe and among people living within the European tradition elsewhere.

Gathering objects together is a universal human custom, yet every society collects in different ways. Susan Pearce looks at the way we collect and what this tells us about ourselves and our society. She also explores the psychology of collecting:

• Why do we bestow value on certain objects?
• How does this add meaning to our lives? 
• Do men and women collect differently? 
• How do we use objects to construct our identity?

On Collecting is valuable to museums professionals and students, cultural historians and anyone interested in the widespread social phenomenon of collecting.

 

 

 

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Product Description:

About one in three people in North America and Europe collects something. Collecting is clearly an important social phenomenon and yet surprisingly little is known about how and why we collect. On Collecting explores the nature of collecting both in Europe and among people living within the European tradition and elsewhere. The way people collect tells us about their notions of themselves and others, about their relationship to objects, and helps us understand people as consumers. Susan Pearce addresses many of the important issues surrounding the practice of collecting. She considers how European collecting practice is part of an essentially European mentality, how collected objects have cultural value and how the individuals who collect them help to affect the society they live in. This book breaks new ground in its analysis of our relationship to the material world. It will be of value to museam professionals and students, cultural historians and anyone interested in the phenomenon of collecting.

Contenuti:

List of Plates  List of figures  Acknowledgements  Preface  Part 1: Collecting Processes Part 2: Collecting in Practice  Part 3: Collecting Poetics  Part 4: The Politics of Collecting  Part 5: Collecting in the European Tradition  Bibliography  Index

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0415075602
• ISBN 13: 9780415075602
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 454