Dismantling mantelpieces : consumption as spectacle and shaper of self in the home

This thesis is an exploratory study of contemporary British mantelpiece displays. Located within anthropological/sociological literatures of the meaning of home, identity and material culture, it opens up the 'focal point' of the domestic interior to scrutiny. This familiar 'homely�...

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Main Author: Hurdley, Rachel
Published: Cardiff University 2006
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.440066