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The cultures of collecting / edited by John Elsner and Roger Cardinal.

The cultures of collecting / edited by John Elsner and Roger Cardinal.
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Name Cardinal, Roger editor
Title The cultures of collecting / edited by John Elsner and Roger Cardinal.
Published Carlton : Melbourne University Press, 1994.
Description viii, 312 pages : illustrations, portraits. ; 24 cm.
Notes Cover subtitle: From Elvis to antiques - why do we collect things?
Includes index.
Note Bibliography: p. [275]-304.
Summary This book traces the psychology, history and theory of the compulsion to collect, focusing not just on the normative collections of the western canon, but also on collections that reflect a fascination with the "other" and the marginal the ephemeral, exotic, or just plain curious. There are essays on the Neoclassical architect Sir John Soane, Sigmund Freud and Kurt Schwitters, one of the masters of collage.
Donated by Nell Fraser;
Subjects Collectors and collecting
Collectors and collecting -- Psychological aspects
Collectors and collecting
Collectibles
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