Domesticity on Display - Romanian Middle-Class Material Culture from Late Socialism to Today (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)

This book examines postsocialist transformations reflected in urban middle-class domestic spaces and in museums dedicated to socialism in Romania. It focuses on the significance and circulation of porcelain and crystal sets and ornaments during late socialism and after 1989, following the experiences of consumers, workers in the glassware and porcelain industry, and artists. By tracing the values and temporalities embedded in materiality, the book sheds light on how objects shape daily life in a time of cultural, economic, and social change. Drawing on ethnographic research, the book offers an in-depth analysis of the ambiguous relation between the middle-class and the socialist state, using materiality and consumption to shed light on contradictions between aspirations and resources and between official discourses and everyday practices. The book reveals changes in practices of display, gift exchange, and barter, in the perception and use of time, as well as in gender and inter-generational relations. This work will be of interest to sociologists, anthropologists and cultural historians, especially researchers interested in consumption, material culture, postsocialism, the anthropology of value and gift, the study of social time, practices of the middle-class, and the history of consumption in Eastern Europe.

General

Imprint:	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Consumption and Public Life
Release date:	October 2021
First published:	2021
Authors:	Maria Cristache
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	211
Edition:	1st ed. 2021
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-078782-0
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Religious groups Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Sales & marketing > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General
LSN:	3-03-078782-6
Barcode:	9783030787820

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