ABSTRACT
On Collecting examines the nature of collecting both in Europe and among people living within the European tradition elsewhere.
Susan Pearce looks at the way we collect and what this tells us about ourselves and our society. She also explores the psychology of collecting: why do we bestow value on certain objects and how does this add meaning to our lives? Do men and women collect differently? How do we use objects to construct our identity?
This book breaks new ground in its analysis of our relationship to the material world.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|35 pages
Part I Collecting Processes
part II|119 pages
Part II Collecting in Practice
part III|123 pages
Part III The Poetics of Collecting
part IV|122 pages
Part IV The Politics of Collecting
part V|11 pages
Part V Collecting in the European Tradition