| Superfluous Things: Material Culture and Social Status in Early Modern China Contributor(s): Clunas, Craig (Author) |
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ISBN: 0824859014 ISBN-13: 9780824859015 Publisher: University of Hawaii Press OUR PRICE: $71.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Asia - China - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Social Science | Social Classes & Economic Disparity |
| Dewey: 305.509 |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.15 lbs) 246 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Chinese |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Now in paperback This 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Clunas, Craig: - Craig Clunas is Percival David Chair of Chinese Art at SOAS, London, and the author of Superfluous Things, Fruitful Sites: Garden Culture in Ming Dynasty China, Pictures and Visuality in Early Modern China, and Art in China. |