Home, Materiality, Memory and Belonging: Keeping Culture

By Rachel Hurdley

Book Overview

Introduction: Dismantling Mantelpieces PART I: PASTS: HISTORY, ARCHIVE AND MEMORY 1. Histories of Domestic Fire 2. Mass Observation Mantelpiece 3. Materialising Memory PART II: PRESENTS - ORDERING IDENTITIES, THINGS AND HOME 4. Telling Identities 5. Relating the Gift 6. Focal Points PART III: CULTURES OF 'HOME' - OTHER WAYS OF LOOKING 7. Defamiliarising Home 8. Genealogies of Difference Conclusion: Culture, Clutter, Contemplation Epilogue: Encounter

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349311316
• ISBN13: 9781349311316
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"