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Publication details [#26894]

Clunas, Craig. 1991. Superfluous things: Material culture and social status in early modern China. Polity Press. ix + 219 pp.

Publication type

Book – monograph

Publication language

English

Keywords

culture | discourse analysis | materialistic linguistics | social status | sociology

ISBN

0-7456-0875-2

Annotation

This book explores the development in the views and discourse on fashion objects owned by the Ming China elite and their relation to underlying socio-economic and political factors.

Reviewed by

Lloyd, Geoffrey Ernest Richard. 1993. Review of $Superfluous things: Material culture and social status in early modern China.