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Objects of our desire : exploring our intimate connections with the things around us / Salman Akhtar.
Van Pelt Library BF175.5.T73 A38 2005
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Akhtar, Salman, 1946 July 31-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Transitional objects (Psychology).
- Physical Description:
- 223 pages ; 20 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Harmony Books, [2005]
- Summary:
- From family heirlooms to everyday objects, this beautiful book is a fascinating historical, cultural, and psychological exploration of the objects that occupy people's lives.
- Contents:
- Prologue: Gandhi's paperclip
- Everything
- Acquiring and using things
- Collecting and hoarding things
- Something
- Nostalgic things
- Sacred things
- Sexy things
- Hybrid things
- Fake things
- Nothing
- Misplacing, losing, and letting go of things
- Becoming a thing
- Epilogue: a little silver box inside the parrot's heart.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-215) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1400054443
- OCLC:
- 57693443
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