ISBN:
1-4725-1857-8
,
978-1-4725-1857-6
,
1-4725-1856-X
,
978-1-4725-1856-9
Language:
English
Pages:
XIV, 338 S.
,
zahlr. Ill.
Series Statement:
Writing History
DDC:
306.460722
Keywords:
Materielle Kultur Historiographie
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Geschichte
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Archäologie
;
Literaturwissenschaft
;
Ethnologie
;
Museum
;
Digitale Medien
;
Methodologie
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Aufsatzsammlung
Abstract:
"Writing Material Culture History examines the methodologies currently used in the historical study of material culture. Touching on archaeology, art history, literary studies and anthropology, the book provides history students with a fundamental understanding of the relationship between artefacts and historical narratives. The role of museums, the impact of the digital age and the representations of objects in public history are just some of the issues addressed in a book that brings together key scholars from around the world. A range of artefacts, including a 16th-century Peruvian crown and a 19th-century Alaskan Sea Lion overcoat, are considered, illustrating the myriad ways in which objects and history relate to one another. Bringing together scholars working in a variety of disciplines, this book provides a critical introduction for students interested in material culture, history and historical methodologies"
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction: Writing Material Culture History -- Im-material Culture and History of Art(efacts) -- Father Amiot's Cup and the fashioning of Antiquity -- Written Texts and the Performance of Materiality -- Material Culture, Archaeology and Defining Modernity : Case Studies in Ceramic Research -- Broken Objects : Using Archaeological Ceramics in the Study of Material Culture -- Anthropology, Archaeology, History and the Material Culture of Lycra -- Identity, Heritage and Memorialisation : The Tongkonan of the Toraja People of Indonesia -- Exchange and Value : The Material Culture of a Chumash Basket -- Part II. The Histories of Material Culture -- Spaces of Global Interactions : The Material Landscapes of Global History -- Cosmopolitan Relationships in the Crossroads of the Pacific Ocean -- Invisible Beds : Health and the Material Culture of Sleep -- Material Culture and Sound : A Sixteenth-Century Handbell -- Lustrous Things : Luminosity and Reflection before the Light Bulb -- Objects of Emotions : The London Foundling Hospital Tokens, 1741-1760 -- Materialism and Material History : The French Revolution in Wallpaper -- Time, Wear and Maintenance : The afterlife of things -- How Things Shape Us : Material Culture and Identity in the Industrial Age -- Part III. The Presentation of Material Culture -- The Return of the Wunderkammer : Material Culture in the Museum -- Europe, 1600-1800, in a Thousand Objects -- Objects of Empire : Museums, Material Culture, and Histories of Empire -- Interwoven Knowledge : The Understanding and Conservation of Three Carpets -- Reading and Writing the Restoration History of an Old French bureau -- History by Design : The UK Board of Trade Design Registers -- Handle with Care : The Future of Curatorial Expertise -- As Seen on the Screen : Material Culture, Historical Accuracy and the Costume Drama -- Online Resources
URL:
http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=44389
URL:
http://www.bloomsbury.com/au/writing-material-culture-history-9781472518569/
URL:
http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=44389
URL:
http://www.bloomsbury.com/au/writing-material-culture-history-9781472518569/
URL:
http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=44389
URL:
http://www.bloomsbury.com/au/writing-material-culture-history-9781472518569/
