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Collecting in Contemporary Practice

Collecting in Contemporary Practice

Paperback

General EducationGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 0761950818
ISBN13: 9780761950813
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
Published: Mar 23 1998
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.47 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
This clear and lively book, based on the understanding of collecting practice rather than collections themselves, provides an illuminating analysis of collecting as a major social and individual phenomenon in contemporary sociey. Pearce uses both qualitative and quantitative informaion to highlight 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.

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