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Craig Clunas analyses ‘superfluous things’ - the paintings, calligraphy, bronzes, ceramics, carved jade, and other objects owned by the elites of Ming China - and describes contemporary attitudes to them. He informs his discussions with reference to both socio-cultural theory and current debates on eighteenth-century England concerning luxury, conspicuous consumption, and the growth of the consumer society.

Superfluous Things Material Culture and Social

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      Publisher: University of Hawai'i Press
      Publication Date: 5/31/2004 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780824828202, 978-0824828202
      ISBN10: 0824828208
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      Asian history History and Archaeology Cultural studies

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      Book Synopsis
      Craig Clunas analyses ‘superfluous things’ - the paintings, calligraphy, bronzes, ceramics, carved jade, and other objects owned by the elites of Ming China - and describes contemporary attitudes to them. He informs his discussions with reference to both socio-cultural theory and current debates on eighteenth-century England concerning luxury, conspicuous consumption, and the growth of the consumer society.

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