Assigning Cultural Values

Aukrust, Kjerstin (ed.)

ISBN 10: 3631632983 / ISBN 13: 9783631632987

Published by PL Academic Research/Peter Lang GmbH, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 2013

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No dust jacket. Hardcover. Boards have one or two light surface scratches. Binding is sound; pages are bright, tight and clean; contents are clear. AF.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Assigning Cultural Values
• Publisher: PL Academic Research/Peter Lang GmbH, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3631632983
• ISBN 13: 9783631632987
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket
• Book Type: Used
• Seller catalogs:
  • Culture/Civilization/Society

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Synopsis

Assigning Cultural Values is a collection of thirteen essays focusing on the analysis of cultural value in light of aestheticization or aesthetic practices. Reflecting the fruits of the Research Council of Norway’s comprehensive programme for cultural research (KULVER), this anthology studies cultural phenomena not as static dimensions, but rather as factors involved in negotiations and exchanges. By examining the processes in which aestheticization is prominent, the contributors show how the experience-based, relational, and perceptual aspects of assigning cultural values come into focus. Each of the essays offers unique perspectives on the value given to different cultural phenomena, by focusing on their historically changeable aspects, their reciprocal relationships, and their connection to social contexts and power. Drawing on case studies from the fields of cultural history, aesthetics, literature, film, gender studies, art history and theory, design history, and museology, the collection provides a wide-ranging and multifaceted analysis of how the assignment of cultural values is changed, displaced, transferred, and acquired, and will therefore interest all researchers and students within the field of humanities.