On Collecting
An Investigation into Collecting in the European Tradition
Series: Collecting Cultures;
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Product details:
- Edition number 1
- Publisher Routledge
- Date of Publication 15 June 1995
- ISBN 9780415075602
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages454 pages
- Size 234x156 mm
- Weight 1111 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
This book examines the nature of collecting both in Europe and among people living within the European tradition elsewhere.
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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.
'Pearce successfully documents the continuity of object accumulation in the European pursuit of knowledge and identifies "a willingness to speak with things" as its central expressive theme.' - International Journal of Heritage Studies
'An impressive achievement ... She writes with authority and ensures that each argument is carefully summarised at the end of each chapter.' - International Journal of Heritage Studies More
Table of Contents:
List of Plates List of figures Acknowledgements Preface Part One: Collecting Processes Part Two: Collecting in Practice Part Three: Collecting Poetics Part Four: The Politics of Collecting Part Five: Collecting in the European Tradition Bibliography Index
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