03893nam 2200577Ia 450 991078688220332120230301205904.00-8108-9114-X(CKB)2670000000358243(EBL)1203886(SSID)ssj0000871297(PQKBManifestationID)12325639(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000871297(PQKBWorkID)10820496(PQKB)10084368(MiAaPQ)EBC1203886(Au-PeEL)EBL1203886(CaPaEBR)ebr10694604(CaONFJC)MIL486556(OCoLC)843880824(EXLCZ)99267000000035824320130111d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierContemporary collecting objects, practices, and the fate of things /editors, Kevin M. Moist, David BanashLanham [Md.] :Scarecrow Press, Inc.,2013.1 online resource (xiii, 277 pages) illustrationsDescription based upon print version of record.0-8108-9113-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Part 1. Collecting in a Virtual World -- Meditations in an Emergency : On the Apparent Destruction of My mp3 Collection / Marcus Boon -- Matthew Collecting, Curating, and the Magic Circle of Ownership in a Postmaterial Culture / James Vechinski -- Searching for Cap'n Ernie's Treasure Chest : Collecting and Sharing the Lost History of Live Local Television Genres / Phillip Hutchison -- Part 2. Changing Relationships with Things -- Virtual Life and the Value of Objects : Nostalgia, Distinction, and Collecting in the Twenty-First Century / David Banash -- Memory, Desire, and the "Good Collector" in PEZhead Culture / Daniel DeChaine -- Suited for Nothing : Collecting Second Hand / William Davies King -- The World As Things : Collecting Thoughts On Collecting / Stanley Cavell -- Part 3. Collecting and Identity, Personal and Political --- From the Attic to the Mallpark : A Collection's Transition from Private to Public in a New Professional Baseball Stadium / Stephen A. Andon -- Collecting "History in the Making" : The Privatization of Propaganda in National Socialist Cigarette Cards / Mechtild Widrich -- "The record of a life" : Nation and Narrative in Victorian Women's Collections / Terri Baker -- Part 4. Collecting Practices and Cultural Hierarchies -- Distraction and Display : the Curiosity Cabinet and the Romantic Museum / Sophie Thomas -- Collection and Parody : Taliesin and House on the Rock / Mary Titus -- Record Collecting as Cultural Anthropology / Kevin M. Moist.In Contemporary Collecting: Objects, Practices, and the Fate of Things, Kevin M. Moist and David Banash have assembled several essays that examine collecting practices on both a personal and professional level. These essays situate collectors and collections in a contemporary context and also show how our changing world finds new meaning in the legacy of older collections. Arranged by such themes as "Collecting in a Virtual World," "Changing Relationships with Things," "Collecting and Identity-Personal and Political,"Collectors and collectingPsychological aspectsCollectors and collectingSocial aspectsCollectors and collectingCollectors and collectingPsychological aspects.Collectors and collectingSocial aspects.Collectors and collecting.790.1/32Banash David C1565813Moist Kevin M.1969-1568102MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910786882203321Contemporary collecting3839999UNINA