{"product_id":"superfluous-things-material-culture-and-social-status-in-early-modern-china-9780824859015","title":"Superfluous Things: Material Culture and Social Status in Early Modern China","description":"\u003cp\u003eNow in paperback \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis outstanding and original book, presented here with a new preface, examines the history of material culture in early modern China. Craig Clunas analyzes \"superfluous things\"--the paintings, calligraphy, bronzes, ceramics, carved jade, and other objects owned by the elites of Ming China--and describes contemporary attitudes to them. He informs his discussions with reference to both socio-cultural theory and current debates on eighteenth-century England concerning luxury, conspicuous consumption, and the growth of the consumer society.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Craig Clunas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Hawaii Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 246\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.63d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780824859015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eClunas, Craig:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Craig Clunas is Percival David Chair of Chinese Art at SOAS, London, and the author of Superfluous Things, Fruitful Sites: Garden Culture in Ming Dynasty China, Pictures and Visuality in Early Modern China, and Art in China.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Hawaii Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40201467560051,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":70.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_02ee7d3b-ebcc-4c8e-99cd-7a455ccdb81d.jpg?v=1656165888","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/superfluous-things-material-culture-and-social-status-in-early-modern-china-9780824859015","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}