Contemporary collecting : objects, practices, and the fate of things / editors, Kevin M. Moist, David Banash.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Banash, David C.

Moist, Kevin M., 1969-

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Collectors and collecting.

Collectors and collecting--Psychological aspects.

Collectors and collecting--Social aspects.

Museums.

museums (institutions).

Medical Subjects:

Museums.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 277 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2025.

Place of Publication:

Lanham : The Scarecrow Press, Incorporated, [2013]

Language Note:

English

System Details:

data file

Summary:

In Contemporary Collecting: Objects, Practices, and the Fate of Things, Kevin M. Moist and David Banash have assembled several essays that examine collecting practices on both a personal and professional level. These essays situate collectors and collections in a contemporary context and also show how our changing world finds new meaning in the legacy of older collections. Arranged by such themes as "Collecting in a Virtual World," "Changing Relationships with Things," "Collecting and Identity-Personal and Political,"

Contents:

Part 1. Collecting in a Virtual World

Meditations in an Emergency : On the Apparent Destruction of My mp3 Collection / Marcus Boon

Matthew Collecting, Curating, and the Magic Circle of Ownership in a Postmaterial Culture / James Vechinski

Searching for Cap'n Ernie's Treasure Chest : Collecting and Sharing the Lost History of Live Local Television Genres / Phillip Hutchison

Part 2. Changing Relationships with Things

Virtual Life and the Value of Objects : Nostalgia, Distinction, and Collecting in the Twenty-First Century / David Banash

Memory, Desire, and the "Good Collector" in PEZhead Culture / Daniel DeChaine

Suited for Nothing : Collecting Second Hand / William Davies King

The World As Things : Collecting Thoughts On Collecting / Stanley Cavell

Part 3. Collecting and Identity, Personal and Political

- From the Attic to the Mallpark : A Collection's Transition from Private to Public in a New Professional Baseball Stadium / Stephen A. Andon

Collecting "History in the Making" : The Privatization of Propaganda in National Socialist Cigarette Cards / Mechtild Widrich

"The record of a life" : Nation and Narrative in Victorian Women's Collections / Terri Baker

Part 4. Collecting Practices and Cultural Hierarchies

Distraction and Display : the Curiosity Cabinet and the Romantic Museum / Sophie Thomas

Collection and Parody : Taliesin and House on the Rock / Mary Titus

Record Collecting as Cultural Anthropology / Kevin M. Moist.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-261) and index.

ISBN:

979-88-8181-890-6

0-8108-9114-X

OCLC:

843880824