Contemporary collecting objects, practices, and the fate of things / edited by Kevin M. Moist, David Banash.
| Other author | Moist, Kevin M., 1969- |
| Other author | Banash, David C. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Lanham : The Scarecrow Press, Inc., [2013] |
| Description | xiii, 277 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Part 1. Collecting in a Virtual World -- Meditations in an Emergency : On the Apparent Destruction of My mp3 Collection / Marcus Boon -- Matthew Collecting, Curating, and the Magic Circle of Ownership in a Postmaterial Culture / James Vechinski -- Searching for Cap'n Ernie's Treasure Chest : Collecting and Sharing the Lost History of Live Local Television Genres / Phillip Hutchison -- Part 2. Changing Relationships with Things -- Virtual Life and the Value of Objects : Nostalgia, Distinction, and Collecting in the Twenty-First Century / David Banash -- Memory, Desire, and the "Good Collector" in PEZhead Culture / Daniel DeChaine -- Suited for Nothing : Collecting Second Hand / William Davies King -- The World As Things : Collecting Thoughts On Collecting / Stanley Cavell -- Part 3. Collecting and Identity, Personal and Political --- From the Attic to the Mallpark : A Collection's Transition from Private to Public in a New Professional Baseball Stadium / Stephen A. Andon -- Collecting "History in the Making" : The Privatization of Propaganda in National Socialist Cigarette Cards / Mechtild Widrich -- "The record of a life" : Nation and Narrative in Victorian Women's Collections / Terri Baker -- Part 4. Collecting Practices and Cultural Hierarchies -- Distraction and Display : the Curiosity Cabinet and the Romantic Museum / Sophie Thomas -- Collection and Parody : Taliesin and House on the Rock / Mary Titus -- Record Collecting as Cultural Anthropology / Kevin M. Moist. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-261) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2012050180 |
| ISBN | 9780810891135 (cloth : alkaline paper) |
| ISBN | 9780810891142 (ebook) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |