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Superfluous Things

Material Culture and Social Status in Early Modern China
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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.

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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.
Release date Australia
May 31st, 2004
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  • General (US: Trade)
  • Tertiary Education (US: College)
Illustrations
8 illustrations
Pages
219
Dimensions
152x229x15
ISBN-13
9780824828202
Product ID
4030599

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