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The wedding present
| Subtitle | domestic life beyond consumption |
| Publish Place | Aldershot |
| Publisher | Ashgate |
| Publish Year | 2007 |
| Pages | XII, 197p. |
| ISBN/ISSN | 9780754644729 |
| Illustration | ill. |
| Language | English/Engels |
- Shelfmark
- WER 32 2007
| Description | In this book Purbrick offers an analysis of contemporary domestic consumption. She investigates the ritualized presentation of objects upon marriage, and their subsequent cycles of exchange within the domestic sphere. Focusing on gift-giving in Britain from 1945 to the present, comparative context is provided by material from North America and Europe. .By considering how the specific contexts in which consumption occurs, such as married domesticity, can limit possible versions of selfhood, The Wedding Present tests the assumption that consuming creates individual identities. Thus, the book argues, consumption cannot be isolated as an explanation of individual or social formation. .The publication consists of: Introduction: Making homes and worlds: marriage and consumption from 1945 to today : Objects of approval : China and pyrex: the practices of preservation : Accounting for change: forgotten, neglected and altered objects : The list: domesticity, conformity and class (The gift list): Methods: mass-observation : Afterword: unmarried households. |
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