Superfluous Things: Material Culture and Social Status in Early Modern China - Softcover

Clunas, Craig

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9780824828202: Superfluous Things: Material Culture and Social Status in Early Modern China
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ISBN 10: 0824828208 ISBN 13: 9780824828202
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press, 2004

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This 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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About the Author

Craig Clunas is Percival David Chair of Chinese Art at SOAS, London, and the author of Superfluous Things, Fruitful Sites: Garden Culture in Ming Dynasty China, Pictures and Visuality in Early Modern China, and Art in China.

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Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
Publication date
2004
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0824828208
ISBN 13 
9780824828202
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
240
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