Acts of Possession : Collecting in America

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Acts of Possession : Collecting in America

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  • 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 320 p.
  • 言語 ENG
  • 商品コード 9780813532721
  • DDC分類 790.1320973

Full Description

The success of internet auction sites like eBay and the cult status of public television's Antiques Roadshow attest to the continued popularity of collecting in American culture. Acts of Possession investigates the ways cultural meanings of collections have evolved and yet remained surprisingly unchanged throughout American history.

Drawing upon the body of theoretical work on collecting and focusing on individual as opposed to museum collections, the contributors investigate how, what, and why Americans have collected and explore the inherent meanings behind systems of organization and display. Essays consider the meanings of Thomas Jefferson's Indian Hall at Monticello; the pedagogical theories behind nineteenth-century children's curiosity cabinets; collections of Native American artifacts; and the ability of the owners of doll houses to construct meaning within the context of traditional ideals of domesticity.

The authors also consider some darker aspects of collecting-hoarding, fetishism, and compulsive behavior-scrutinizing collections of racist memorabilia and fascist propaganda. The final essay posits the serial killer as a collector, an investigation into the dangerous objectification of humans themselves.

By bringing fresh, interdisciplinary critical perspectives to bear on these questions, Dilworth and her coauthors weave a fascinating cultural history of collecting in America.

Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
"And a Little Child Shall Lead Them": American Children's Cabinets of Curiosities
Dreaming in Commerce: Advertising Trade Card Scrapbooks
Collecting the Nation: Visions of Nationalism in Two Civil War-Era Photograph Albums
The Curious Cabinet of Dr. Morton
Collecting Mr. Ayer's Narrative
En/Gendering the Whitney's Collection of American Art
Small Mercies: Colleen Moore's Doll House and the National Charity Tour
Tradition and the Individual Memory: The Case of Christian C. Sanderson
All Buy Our Selves at Household Auctions 
American Icons
Exhibiting Nazi Artifacts and Challenging Traditional Museum Culture: A Conversation with Mitchell Wolfson Jr. 
The Serial Killer as Collector
Notes on Contributors
Index