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Superfluous Things - Material Culture and Social Status in Early Modern China (Hardcover)
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Superfluous Things - Material Culture and Social Status in Early Modern China (Hardcover)
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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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