{"product_id":"superfluous-things-material-culture-and-social-status-in-early-modern-china-9780824828202","title":"Superfluous Things: Material Culture and Social Status in Early Modern China","description":"\u003cp\u003eNow in paperback \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis outstanding and original book, presented here with a new preface, examines the history of material culture in early modern China. Craig Clunas analyzes \"superfluous things\"--the paintings, calligraphy, bronzes, ceramics, carved jade, and other objects owned by the elites of Ming China--and describes contemporary attitudes to them. He informs his discussions with reference to both socio-cultural theory and current debates on eighteenth-century England concerning luxury, conspicuous consumption, and the growth of the consumer society.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eClunas, Craig:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Craig Clunas is Percival David Chair of Chinese Art at SOAS, London, and the author of Superfluous Things, Fruitful Sites: Garden Culture in Ming Dynasty China, Pictures and Visuality in Early Modern China, and Art in China.","brand":"University of Hawaii Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50872893636882,"sku":"9780824828202","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0e04bc03-2a09-4e94-b861-aa4c3a1328d2.jpg?v=1737914750","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/superfluous-things-material-culture-and-social-status-in-early-modern-china-9780824828202","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}