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Material Identities examines the way that individuals use material objects as tools for projecting aspects of their identities. Considers the way identity is fashioned, launched, used, and admired in the material world. Contributors intervene from the disciplines of art history, anthropology, design and material culture. Considers contrasting media - painting, print, sculpture, dress, coinage, architecture, furniture, luxury items, and interior design. Explores the complexity of identity through the intersection notions of gender, ethnicity, age, sexuality, and class. Reaffirms the central role of public identities and their impact on social life.

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Author:   Joanna Sofaer (University of Southampton)
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:   Wiley-Blackwell
Dimensions:   Width: 16.20cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.425kg
ISBN:  

9781405132343

ISBN 10:   1405132345
Pages:   184
Publication Date:   04 January 2007
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Series Editor’s Preface. List of Illustrations. Notes on Contributors. Acknowledgments. Introduction: Materiality and Identity (Joanna Sofaer). PART I: PROJECTING IDENTITIES. 1. Mai/Omai in London and the South Pacific: Perfomativity, Cultural Entanglement, and Indigenous Appropriation (Jocelyn Hackforth-Jones). 2. Projecting Identities in the Greek Symposion (Robin Osborne). PART II: MATERIAL AND SOCIAL TRANSFORMATIONS. 3. Bernini Struts (Michael Cole). 4. Architectural Style and Identity in Egypt (Doris Behrens-Abouseif). 5. Identifying the Body: Representing Self. Art, Ornamentation and the Body In Later Prehistoric Europe (Fay Stevens). PART III: POLITICS AND IDENTITY. 6. Aristocratic Identity: Regency Furniture and the Egyptian Revival Style (Abigail Harrison-Moore). 7. Architecture, Power, and Politics: The Forum-Basilica in Roman Britain (Louise Revell). Bibliography. Index.

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Joanna Sofaer is a Senior Lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Southampton. She is the author of The Body as Material Culture: A Theoretical Osteoarchaeology (2006), editor of Children and Material Culture (2000) and co-editor, with Dana Arnold, of Biographies and Space (2007).

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