The Cultures of Collecting

Author:   Roger Cardinal ,  John Elsner
Publisher:   Reaktion Books
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9780948462511


Pages:   312
Publication Date:   01 March 1994
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Roger Cardinal ,  John Elsner
Publisher:   Reaktion Books
Imprint:   Reaktion Books
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.510kg
ISBN:  

9780948462511


ISBN 10:   0948462515
Pages:   312
Publication Date:   01 March 1994
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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With essays by Jean Baudrillard, Thomas DaCosta Kaufmann, Nicholas Thomas, Mieke Bal, John Forrester, John Windsor, Naomi Schor, Susan Stewart, Anthony Alan Shelton, John Elsner, Roger Cardinal and an interview with Robert Opie.

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a brilliant book ... a good read. Analysis of the relationship of collecting to identity, memory, and pyschosexual development raises fascinating questions. The Modern Review it is by challenging and expanding upon previous ideas and histories of collecting that the book offers ways of rethinking not only the nature of collecting but also the nature of museum practice. Art History Informative and thought-provoking stuff The Independent


a brilliant book ... a good read. Analysis of the relationship of collecting to identity, memory, and pyschosexual development raises fascinating questions. The Modern Review it is by challenging and expanding upon previous ideas and histories of collecting that the book offers ways of rethinking not only the nature of collecting but also the nature of museum practice. Art History Informative and thought-provoking stuff The Independent


[a] brilliant book . . . a good read. Analysis of the relationship of collecting to identity, memory, and psychosexual development raises fascinating questions. * <i>The Modern Review</i> * It is by challenging and expanding upon previous ideas and histories of collecting that the book offers ways of rethinking not only the nature of collecting but also the nature of museum practice. * <i>Art History</i> * Informative and thought-provoking stuff. * <i>The Independent</i> *


Author Information

Roger Cardinal (Anthology Editor) Roger Cardinal is Emeritus Professor of Literary and Visual Studies at the University of Kent at Canterbury. The author of many books and articles, he has written extensively on Surrealism and is an international authority on Art Brut. John Elsner (Anthology Editor) John Elsner is Humfrey Payne Senior Research Fellow in Classical Archaeology and Art at Corpus Christi College Oxford.

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