The Collector's Voice: Critical Readings in the Practice of Collecting: Volume 3: Modern Voices

ISBN-13: 9781859284193 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 200 str.

Rosemary Flanders;Etc.

Opis

The study of collection is a growth point in cultural studies, conceived a a study of practice, of the ways in which people make sense of the world by bringing elements together. This volume focuses on 19th and earlier 20th-century collectors, roughly spanning 1835 to 1960.

Recenzje

'The series is well produced, the proof reading is good...and the authors are to be congratulated on bringing together such a wealth of interesting material...they have created books which are simply a delight to dip into.' International Journal of Heritage Studies '...these volumes...will be a boon to writers in this subject-area as finding-aids to specific passages.' Journal of the History of Collections

Spis treści

General preface to series, Acknowledgements, Introduction, Susan Pearce, Rosemary Flanders, Mark Hall and Fiona Morton, I National voices, II Institutional declarations, III Voices from the beyond, IV Literary voices, V Dark voices, Bibliography, Index

O autorze

Susan Pearce, Rosemary Flanders, Fiona Morton