Material culture books

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Miniature and the English Imagination: Literature, Cognition, and Small-Scale Culture, 1650–1765

Miniature and the English Imagination: Literature, Cognition,...

Author: Melinda Alliker Rabb (Brown University, Rhode Island)
ISBN: 9781108425834
Format: Hardback
$316.80

Examining the phenomenon of miniaturization in material culture, literature and theories of cognition, this study...  Read More >>

Jacopo Strada and Cultural Patronage at The Imperial Court (2 Vols.) : The Antique as Innovation

Jacopo Strada and Cultural Patronage at The Imperial...

Author: Dirk Jacob Jansen
ISBN: 9789004355262
Format: Hardback
$963.60

Dirk Jacob Jansen provides an overview of the life and career of the sixteenth-century cosmopolitan courtier, architect...  Read More >>

Bekenntnisse: Formen Und Formeln

Bekenntnisse: Formen Und Formeln

Author: Peter Schuster ,  Lena Sommer
ISBN: 9783496016151
Format: Hardback
$100.32

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Sneakers: Fashion, Gender, and Subculture

Sneakers: Fashion, Gender, and Subculture

Author: Yuniya Kawamura
ISBN: 9781350105683
Format: Paperback
$52.99

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Memory and Agency in Ancient China: Shaping the Life History of Objects

Memory and Agency in Ancient China: Shaping the Life...

Author: Francis Allard (Indiana University of Pennsylvania) ,  Yan Sun (Gettysburg College, Pennsylvania)
ISBN: 9781108472579
Format: Hardback
$243.23

The case studies in this edited volume will appeal to archaeologists, art historians, and historians interested...  Read More >>

From Storeroom to Stage: Romanian Attire and the Politics of Folklore

From Storeroom to Stage: Romanian Attire and the Politics...

Author: Alexandra Urdea
ISBN: 9781789201031
Format: Hardback
$356.40

Tracing in reverse the journey of a collection of Romanian folk objects from a museum in London back to the villages...  Read More >>

A Cultural History of Hair

A Cultural History of Hair

Author: Dr Geraldine Biddle-Perry (Central St Martins, London, UK)
ISBN: 9781474232128
Format: Mixed media product
$885.00

The definitive overview of hair in history, this ground-breaking scholarly work presents nearly 3000 years of hair...  Read More >>

Net Loss: The Inner Life in the Digital Age: Quarterly Essay 72

Net Loss: The Inner Life in the Digital Age: Quarterly...

Author: Sebastian Smee
ISBN: 9781760640712
Format: Paperback
$27.99

"In the digital age, are our inner lives disappearing? Renowned critic Sebastian Smee examines the role of the inner...  Read More >>

The Corporeality of Clothing in Medieval Literature

The Corporeality of Clothing in Medieval Literature...

Author: Sarah Brazil
ISBN: 9781580443579
Format: Hardback
$351.09

Within a medieval context, Brazil examines clothing’s role in the history of embodiment and demonstrates its theological...  Read More >>

Designed for Hi-Fi Living: The Vinyl LP in Midcentury America

Designed for Hi-Fi Living: The Vinyl LP in Midcentury...

Author: Janet Borgerson ,  Jonathan Schroeder (Rochester Institute of Technology)
ISBN: 9780262536011
Format: Paperback
$39.99

How record albums and their covers delivered mood music, lifestyle advice, global sounds, and travel tips to midcentury...  Read More >>

Ethnography for a Data-Saturated World

Ethnography for a Data-Saturated World

Author: Hannah Knox ,  Dawn Nafus
ISBN: 9781526127594
Format: Hardback
$195.00

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Zarina Bhimji: Lead White

Zarina Bhimji: Lead White

Author: Zarina Bhimji ,  Zarina Bhimji
ISBN: 9781912122189
Format: Paperback
$64.66

In Lead White Zarina Bhimji explores the history of Zanzibar. Filtered through Bhimji's artistic vision, national...  Read More >>

Waste: Consuming Postwar Japan

Waste: Consuming Postwar Japan

Author: Eiko Maruko Siniawer
ISBN: 9781501725845
Format: Hardback
$343.20

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Decoding a Royal Marine Commando: The Militarized Body as Artefact

Decoding a Royal Marine Commando: The Militarized Body...

Author: Mark Burchell
ISBN: 9781472466075
Format: Hardback
$305.00

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Sensory Reflections: Traces of Experience in Medieval Artifacts

Sensory Reflections: Traces of Experience in Medieval...

Author: Fiona Griffiths ,  Kathryn Starkey
ISBN: 9783110562347
Format: Hardback
$316.77

This volume draws on scholarship at the intersection of two vibrant fields: medieval material culture and medieval...  Read More >>

Ethnography for a Data-Saturated World

Ethnography for a Data-Saturated World

Author: Hannah Knox ,  Dawn Nafus
ISBN: 9781526134974
Format: Paperback
$56.99

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