The Cultures of Collecting by Roger Cardinal, John Elsner

The Cultures of Collecting

Roger Cardinal, John Elsner

312 pages first pub 1993 (editions)

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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 ephem...

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