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Elusive Archives : Material Culture in Formation.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bruckner, Martin.
- Series:
- Material Culture Perspectives Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Material culture.
- Archives--History.
- Archives.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (331 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New Brunswick : University of Delaware Press, 2021.
- Summary:
- This edited volume explores the concept of archives within material culture studies, examining how objects, practices, places, and circulation contribute to the formation and interpretation of historical and cultural knowledge. Through essays by various scholars, the book addresses topics such as religious material culture, multispecies relationships, historical landscapes, and the symbolic significance of artifacts. The authors aim to uncover the elusive nature of archives and highlight alternative approaches to studying materiality and history. Intended for academics, researchers, and students in material culture studies, history, and related fields, the book offers a comprehensive and interdisciplinary perspective on the dynamic interplay between material artifacts and cultural narratives. Generated by AI.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction. Martin Brückner and Sandy Isenstadt, “The Elusive Archive in Material Culture Studies”
- I. Archives in Practice
- 1. Julian Yates, “On the Material Culture of Multispecies Relating”
- 2. Wendy Bellion, “Archive Vision”
- 3. Julie L. McGee, “Fugitive Archives: Privilege and Practice”
- 4. Torsten Cress, “Touch and the Making of Religious Material Culture: Visiting the Lourdes Shrine”
- 5. Cindy Ott, “A Historian Walks into a Bar . . . Or, a Story about Alternative Ways of Finding and Using Archives When the Normal Avenues Don’t Cut It”
- 6. Laura E. Helton, “Historical Form(s)”
- II. Archives in Objects
- 7. Jennifer Van Horn, “Both Lost and Found: A Portrait of the Enslaved Homer Ryan”
- 8. Kiersten Thamm, “The Chaise sandows: Object as (Obscured) Archive”
- 9. Alexandra Ward, “Decoupage: Cutting Ephemera and Assembling Sentiment”
- 10. Alexander Lawrence Ames, “‘Inscribe, Lord, Your Will in My Stone Heart’: Finding Religious History in German American Illuminated Manuscripts”
- 11. Halina Adams, “The Mobile Architectural Archive”
- 12. Rosalie Hooper, “The Case of the Mysterious Chest-on-Frame”
- III. Archives in Places
- 13. Sarah Wasserman, “Refuse, Relic, Refuge”
- 14. Spencer Wigmore, “Searching for the Lost Mines of Albert Bierstadt”
- 15. Catherine Morrissey, “Landscapes of Refuge: Recovering the Materiality of Underground Railroad Landscapes in Delaware”
- 16. Michelle Everidge, “Desolation in Crowded Spaces: Reconstructing the Material Culture of Internment”
- 17. Kaila T. Schedeen, “Seeking Hózhó: The Post-Apocalyptic Landscapes of Will Wilson’s AIR Weave”
- 18. Lu Ann De Cunzo, “Buried Archives”
- IV. Archives in Circulation Generated by AI.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Part of the metadata in this record was created by AI, based on the text of the resource.
- ISBN:
- 1-64453-204-2
- OCLC:
- 1476452619
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