Superfluous Things: Material Culture and Social Status in Early Modern China
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Superfluous Things: Material Culture and Social Status in Early Modern China
Book Details
- Author
- Craig Clunas
- Publisher
- University of Hawaii Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- Category
- China
- Condition
- New
- ISBN-13
- 9780824828202
- ISBN-10
- 0824828208
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ISBN: 0824828208
Author: Clunas, Craig
Condition: New
Now in paperbackThis outstanding and original book, presented here with a new preface, examines the history of material culture in early modern China. Craig Clunas analyzes 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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