Collecting in Contemporary Practice

By Susan Pearce

This clear and lively book, based on the understanding of collecting practice rather than collections themselves, provides an illuminating analysis of collecting as a major social and individual phenomenon in contemporary sociey. Pearce uses both qualitative and quantitative informaion to highlight the significance of collecting in relation to the cultural process, popular culture, contemporary attitudes to material culture, and the idea of collecting as a postmodern activity.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 076195080X
• ISBN13: 9780761950806
• Release Date: March 1998
• Publisher: Sage Publications UK
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"