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This clear and lively book provides an illuminating analysis of collecting as a major social and individual phenomenon in contemporary society.

The book is based on the understanding of collecting practice, rather than the collections themselves. It highlights the significance of collecting in relation to the cultural process, popular culture, contemporary attitudes to material culture and the idea of collecting as a postmodern activity.

Susan Pearce presents both quantitative and qualitative information from a broad spectrum of contemporary collectors and relates their collecting to broader issues of consumption, gender, family and social class. Accessible and original, Collecting in Contemporary Practice will be of interest to students, academics and professionals in museum studies, cultural studies, anthropology and material culture studies.

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Collecting Culture Who and What Work and Play Buying and Giving Families and Homes Women and Men Body and Soul Contemporary Collecting

Collecting in Contemporary Practice

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      Publisher Sage Publications
      Imprint SAGE Publications Inc
      Published 12 December 1997
      ISBN-13 9780761950813
      978-0761950813
      ISBN-10 0761950818

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This clear and lively book provides an illuminating analysis of collecting as a major social and individual phenomenon in contemporary society.

      The book is based on the understanding of collecting practice, rather than the collections themselves. It highlights the significance of collecting in relation to the cultural process, popular culture, contemporary attitudes to material culture and the idea of collecting as a postmodern activity.

      Susan Pearce presents both quantitative and qualitative information from a broad spectrum of contemporary collectors and relates their collecting to broader issues of consumption, gender, family and social class. Accessible and original, Collecting in Contemporary Practice will be of interest to students, academics and professionals in museum studies, cultural studies, anthropology and material culture studies.

      Table of Contents
      Collecting Culture Who and What Work and Play Buying and Giving Families and Homes Women and Men Body and Soul Contemporary Collecting

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