Collecting in Contemporary Practice - Softcover

Pearce, Susan

 
9780761950813: Collecting in Contemporary Practice
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0761950818 ISBN 13: 9780761950813
Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd, 1998

Synopsis

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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About the Author

Susan Pearce is Professor of Museum Studies and Deans of Arts at the University of Leicester. She is most recently author of Museums, Objects and Collections (1992), On Collecting: An Investigation into Collecting in te European Tradition (1995) and Experiencing Culture in the Western World (1997).

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Publisher
SAGE Publications Ltd
Publication date
1998
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0761950818
ISBN 13 
9780761950813
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
224

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