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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Weitere Verfasser: Allard, Francis, 1959- (HerausgeberIn), Sun, Yan, 1970- (HerausgeberIn), Linduff, Katheryn M. (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
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Online-Zugang:DE-862
DE-863
Zusammenfassung:"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"--
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xx, 290 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781108665995
1108665993
9781108560726
1108560725

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