'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.' - from back cover.
Includes a bibliography and an index.
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.' - from back cover.
Includes a bibliography and an index.
Access level
Onsite
author
Location code
REF.PES5
Keywords
sociology,  art collection,  postmodernism
Publication/Creation date
1998
No of pages
213
ISBN / ISSN
9780761950813
No of copies
1
Content type
monograph
Chapter headings
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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