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

Now in paperbackThis 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 elite...

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Main Author: Clunas, Craig (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Honolulu University of Hawaii Press [2023]
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Summary:Now in paperbackThis 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
Item Description:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Nov 2023)
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (246 pages)
ISBN:9780824841300
DOI:10.1515/9780824841300

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