Writing Material Culture History (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Gerritsen, Anne; Riello, Giorgio

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Writing Material Culture History 2e examines the methodologies used in the historical study of material culture. Looking at archaeology, anthropology, art history and literary studies, the book provides students with a fundamental understanding of the relationship between artefacts and historical narratives. The book addresses the role of museums, the impact of the digital age and the representations of objects in public history, bringing together students and specialists from around the world.

This new edition includes:
A new substantive introduction from the editors, providing a useful roadmap for students and specialists.
A more balanced and easy-to-use structure, including methodological chapters and 'object in focus' chapters consisting of case studies for classroom discussion.
New chapters showing greater engagement with 20th-century material culture, non-European artefacts and the definitions and limits of material culture as a discipline.
Offers global coverage and discussion of both the early modern and modern periods.

Writing Material Culture History 2e is an essential tool for students seeking to understand the potential of objects to re-cast established historical narratives in new and exciting ways.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Februar 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781350105232
• Artikelnr.: 60952354

Autorenporträt

Anne Gerritsen is Professor of History at the University of Warwick, UK. Giorgio Riello is Professor of Global History and Culture at the European University Institute and University of Warwick, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures Notes on Contributors Introduction: Material Culture
History: Methods, Practices and Disciplines, Anne Gerritsen and Giorgio
Riello Object in Focus 1. Broken Saints, House Cats, Other Historical
Matter, Dana Leibsohn Part I: The Disciplines of Material Culture 1.
Material Culture and the History of Art(efacts), Viccy Coltman 2. Written
Texts and the Performance of Materiality, Catherine Richardson 3.
Anthropology, Archaeology, History and the Material Culture of Lycra®,
Kaori O'Connor Object in Focus 2: Material Culture, Archaeology and
Defining Modernity: Case Studies in Ceramic Research, David Gaimster Object
in Focus 3: Father Amiot's Cup: A Qing Imperial Porcelain Sent to the Court
of Louis XV and - Kee Il Choi Object in Focus 4: Broken Objects: Using
Archaeological Ceramics in the Study of Material Culture, Suzanne Findlen
Hood Object in Focus 5: Writing Our Maritime Pasts: The Belitung Shipwreck
Controversy, Natali Pearson Object in Focus 6: Identity, Heritage and
Memorialisation: The Toraja Tongkonan of Indonesia, Kathleen M. Adams
Object in Focus 7: History by Design: The UK Board of Trade Design
Register, Dinah Eastop Part II: The Methods of Material Culture 4. Spaces
of Global Interactions: The Material Landscapes of Global History, Anne
Gerritsen and Giorgio Riello 5. Material Culture and Materialism: The
French Revolution in Wallpaper, Ulrich Lehmann 6. How Things Shape Us:
Material Culture and Identity in the Industrial Age, Manuel Charpy Object
in Focus 8: Invisible Beds: Health and the Material Culture of Sleep,
Sandra Cavallo Object in Focus 9: Material Culture and Sound: A
Sixteenth-Century Handbell, Flora Dennis Object in Focus 10: Interwoven
Knowledge: The Understanding and Conservation of Three Carpets, Jessica
Hallett and Raquel Santos Object in Focus 11: Lustrous Things: Luminosity
and Reflection before the Light Bulb, Ann Smart Martin Object in Focus 12:
Cosmopolitan Relationships in the Crossroads of the Pacific Ocean,
Christina Hellmich Object in Focus 13: Digital Microscopy and Early Modern
Embroidery, Stefan Hanß Object in Focus 14: Objects of Emotions: The London
Foundling Hospital Tokens, 1741-60, John Styles Object in Focus 15: Time,
Wear and Maintenance: The Afterlife of Things, Victoria Kelley Part III:
The Preservation and Interpretation of Material Culture 7. The Return of
the Wunderkammer: Material Culture in the Museum 225, Ethan W. Lasser 8.
Handle with Care: The Future of Curatorial Expertise, Glenn Adamson 9. As
Seen on the Screen: Material Culture, Historical Accuracy and the Costume
Drama, Hannah Greig Object in Focus 16: Europe 1600-1800 in a Thousand
Objects, Lesley Ellis Miller Object in Focus 17: Reading and Writing the
Restoration History of an Old French bureau, Carolyn Sargentson Object in
Focus 18: Objects of Empire: Museums, Material Culture, and Histories of
Empire, John McAleer Object in Focus 19: The Lost Heritage of China:
Dismantling Beijing, Digitizing Beijing, Di Lou Object in Focus 20: 'Black
Gold': Industrial Heritage of the Nineteenth-century Ruhr Area, Christian
Kleinschmidt Object in Focus 21: Indigeneity and Race and the Politics of
Museum Collections, Beverly Lemire Object in Focus 22: Acts of creation:
debating Indigenous American repatriation from Britain, Jack Davy Index