Memory and agency in ancient China: shaping the life history of objects

"Memory and Agency in Ancient China offers a novel perspective on China's material culture. The volume explores the complex 'life histories' of selected objects, whose trajectories as ginle objects ('biographies') and object types ('lineages') cut across both...

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Other Authors: Allard, Francis 1959- (Editor), Sun, Yan 1970- (Editor), Linduff, Katheryn M. (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom [und vier weitere] Cambridge University Press 2018
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Summary:"Memory and Agency in Ancient China offers a novel perspective on China's material culture. The volume explores the complex 'life histories' of selected objects, whose trajectories as ginle objects ('biographies') and object types ('lineages') cut across both temporal and physical space. The essays, written by a team of international scholars, analyse the objects in an effort to understand how they were shaped by the constraints of their social, political and aesthetic contexts, just as they were also guided by individual preference and capricious memory. They also demonstrate how objects were capable of effecting change"...
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:xx, 290 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten
ISBN:9781108472579

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