In this fascinating work, Louise Purbrick offers an alternative analysis of contemporary domestic consumption. She investigates the ritualized presentation of objects upon marriage, and their subsequent cycles of exchange within the domestic sphere. Presenting new material on the enactment of exchange relationships within everyday domesticity, The Wedding Present makes significant historical, theoretical and methodological contributions to the analysis of contemporary consumption.
In this fascinating work, Louise Purbrick offers an alternative analysis of contemporary domestic consumption. She investigates the ritualized presentation of objects upon marriage, and their subsequent cycles of exchange within the domestic sphere. Presenting new material on the enactment of exchange relationships within everyday domesticity, The Wedding Present makes significant historical, theoretical and methodological contributions to the analysis of contemporary consumption.
Louise Purbrick is a Senior Lecturer in the History of Art and Design, in the School of Historical and Critical Studies at the University of Brighton, UK. She works on material and visual culture from the nineteenth to the twenty-first century.
Inhaltsangabe
Contents: Introduction making homes and worlds: marriage and consumption from 1945 to today Objects of approval China and Pyrex: the practices of preservation Accounting for change: forgotten, neglected and altered objects The list: domesticity, conformity and class Methods: mass-observation Afterword: unmarried households Bibliography Appendices Index.
Contents: Introduction making homes and worlds: marriage and consumption from 1945 to today Objects of approval China and Pyrex: the practices of preservation Accounting for change: forgotten, neglected and altered objects The list: domesticity, conformity and class Methods: mass-observation Afterword: unmarried households Bibliography Appendices Index.
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