{"product_id":"objects-and-imagination-perspectives-on-materialization-and-meaning-9781782385684","title":"Objects and Imagination: Perspectives on","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tDespite the wide interest in material culture, art, and aesthetics, few studies have considered them in light of the importance of the social imagination - the complex ways in which we conceptualize our social surroundings. This collection engages the “material turn” in the arts, humanities, and social sciences through a range of original contributions on creativity in diverse global and contemporary social settings. The authors engage with everyday objects, art, rituals, and ethnographic exhibitions to analyze the relationship between material culture and the social imagination. What results is a better understanding of how the material embodies and influences our idea of the social world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“In this volume, Fuglerud and Wainwright and their contributors break new theoretical ground in the study of human-object relationships in a synthesis of ideational and material studies. The new material perspective of\u003c\/em\u003e Objects and Imagination \u003cem\u003esucceeds in synthesizing physical and ideational perspectives with a collection of ethnographic studies grounded in social imaginaries which lays new foundations for the study of human-object relations.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e· Anthropological Forum\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“All in all,\u003c\/em\u003e Objects and Imagination \u003cem\u003eis a compelling collection of perspectives and understandings of the relationships between humans and objects that accounts for both materiality and collective imaginaries.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e· Social Anthropology\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“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.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e· Barbara Plankensteiner\u003c\/strong\u003e, Weltmuseum Wien\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of Illustrations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eØivind Fuglerud \u0026amp; Leon Wainwright\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART I: MUSEUMS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1. \u003c\/strong\u003eContemporary Iroquois Art between Ethnographic Museum, Art Gallery and Global Market Place: Reflections on the Politics of Identity and Representation\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eSylvia S. Kasprycki\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2. \u003c\/strong\u003eDe-connecting Relations: Exhibitions and Objects as Resistance\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003ePeter Bjerregaard\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3. \u003c\/strong\u003eMaterializing Islam and the Imaginary of Sacred Space\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eSaphinaz-Amal Naguib\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART II: PRESENCE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4. \u003c\/strong\u003eVisible While Away: Migration, Personhood and the Movement of Money amongst the Mbuke of Papua New Guinea\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eAnders Emil Rasmussen\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5. \u003c\/strong\u003eBeing there while Being here: Long-distance Aesthetics and Sensations in Tamil National Rituals\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eStine Bruland\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6. \u003c\/strong\u003eFood Presentations Moving Overseas: Ritual Aesthetics and Everyday Sociality in Tonga and among Tongan Migrants\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eArne Aleksej Perminow\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7. \u003c\/strong\u003eImaginations at War: The Ephemeral and the Fullness of Life in Southwest China\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eKatherine Swancutt\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8. \u003c\/strong\u003eHow Pictures Matter. Religious Objects and the Imagination in Ghana\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eBirgit Meyer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART III: ART\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9. \u003c\/strong\u003eArt as Empathy: Imaging Transfers of Meaning and Emotion in Urban Aboriginal Australia\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eFiona Magowan\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 10. \u003c\/strong\u003eTransvisionary Imaginations: Artistic Subjectivity and Creativity in  Tamil Nadu\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eAmit Desai and Maruška Svašek\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 11. \u003c\/strong\u003eAn Indian Cocktail of Value\/s and Desire: On the ‘Artification’ of Whisky and Fashion\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eTereza Kuldova\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tNotes on Contributors\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042219229527,"sku":"9781782385684","price":26.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781782385684.jpg?v=1750953495","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/objects-and-imagination-perspectives-on-materialization-and-meaning-9781782385684","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}