Eighteenth-century thing theory in a global context : from consumerism to celebrity culture / / edited by Ileana Baird and Christina Ionescu

• Pubblicazione: Farnham, Surrey, UK ; ; Burlington, VT : , : Ashgate, , [2013]; ©2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (386 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.4/609033
• Soggetto topico: History, Modern - 18th century; Material culture - History - 18th century; Manners and customs - History - 18th century
• Altri autori: BairdIleana Popa IonescuChristina
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: part I. Western European fads : porcelain, fetishes, museum objects, antiques -- part II. Under Eastern eyes : garments, portraits, books -- part III. Latin American encounters : coins, food, accessories, maps -- part IV. Imagining other spaces : trinkets, collectibles, ethnographic artifacts, scientific objects.
• Sommario/riassunto: Exploring Enlightenment attitudes toward things and their relation to human subjects, this collection offers a geographically wide-ranging perspective on what the eighteenth century looked like beyond British or British-colonial borders. In highlighting trends, fashions, and cultural imports of truly global significance, the contributors celebrate the logic of serendipity that transforms the object into some-thing else when it is placed in a new locale.
• Titolo autorizzato: Eighteenth-century thing theory in a global context
• ISBN: 1-315-57896-4; 1-317-14544-5; 1-4724-1330-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910819800603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II