Objects and Imagination
Perspectives on Materialization and Meaning
The volume offers a valuable new addition to recent publications on material culture by introducing the concept of the imaginary as a framework for the study of objects...With a variety of case studies in different regional settings it deals with the 'enchantment of materiality' (Naguib in the volume), the meaningfulness of objects, their sensual and emotional capacities, and the negotiation of value in their representation or movement across cultural regimes. · Barbara Plankensteiner, Weltmuseum WienDespite the wide interest in material culture, art, and aesthetics, few studies have considered them in light of the importance of the social…
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Weitere Autoren: Wainwright, Leon (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-1-78238-568-4
- EAN: 9781782385684
- Produktnummer: 17639116
- Verlag: Berghahn Books
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
- Seitenangabe: 272 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D1.4 cm 399 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 399
Über den Autor
Øivind Fuglerud is professor of social anthropology at the Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo. His research interests include Diaspora formations, politics of cultural representation and aesthetics. He has published a number of works on the conflict in Sri Lanka and its consequences, including Life on the Outside - the Tamil Diaspora and Long-Distance Nationalism (Pluto Press 1999).
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