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The Uses of Excess in Visual and Material Culture, 1600-2010 (Hardcover, New Ed)
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The Uses of Excess in Visual and Material Culture, 1600-2010 (Hardcover, New Ed)
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Directing unprecedented attention to how the idea of 'excess' has
been used by both producers and consumers of visual and material
culture, this collection examines the discursive construction of
excess in relation to art, material goods and people in various
global contexts. The contributors illuminate how excess has been
perceived, quantified and constructed, revealing in the process how
beliefs about excess have changed over time and how they have
remained consistent. The collection as a whole underscores the fact
that the concept of excess must always be considered critically,
whether in scholarship or in lived experience. Although the idea of
excess has often been used to shame and degrade, many of the essays
in this collection demonstrate how it has also been used as a
strategy for self-fashioning, transgression and empowerment,
particularly by women and queer subjects. This volume examines a
range of material, including diamonds, ceramics, paintings,
dollhouses, caricatures, interior design and theatrical
performances. Each case study sheds new light on how excess was
used in a specific cultural context, including canonical sites of
study such as the Netherlands in the eighteenth century, Victorian
Britain and Paris in the 1920s, and under-studied contexts such as
Canada and Sweden.
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