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OverviewDespite the wide interest in material culture, art, and aesthetics, few studies have considered them in light of the importance of the social imagination - the complex ways in which we conceptualize our social surroundings. This collection engages the material turn in the arts, humanities, and social sciences through a range of original contributions on creativity in diverse global and contemporary social settings. The authors engage with everyday objects, art, rituals, and ethnographic exhibitions to analyze the relationship between material culture and the social imagination. What results is a better understanding of how the material embodies and influences our idea of the social world. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Oivind Fuglerud , Leon WainwrightPublisher: Berghahn Books Imprint: Berghahn Books Volume: 3 Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.367kg ISBN: 9781782385684ISBN 10: 1782385681 Pages: 270 Publication Date: 01 February 2015 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional and scholarly , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Not yet available  This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of ContentsReviewsThe volume offers a valuable new addition to recent publications on material culture by introducing the concept of the imaginary as a framework for the study of objects - With a variety of case studies in different regional settings it deals with the 'enchantment of materiality' (Naguib in the volume), the meaningfulness of objects, their sensual and emotional capacities, and the negotiation of value in their representation or movement across cultural regimes. * Barbara Plankensteiner, Weltmuseum Wien Author InformationOivind Fuglerud is professor of social anthropology at the Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo. His research interests include Diaspora formations, politics of cultural representation and aesthetics. He has published a number of works on the conflict in Sri Lanka and its consequences, including Life on the Outside - the Tamil Diaspora and Long-Distance Nationalism (Pluto Press 1999). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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