- Love Objects : Emotion, Design and Material Culture (2014, Hardcover) ebook DJV, PDF
9780857858467 English 0857858467 "Love Objects" investigates how we embody love in material form by exploring the emotional potency of objects in our lives. How do objects become fetishes, symbols and representations; active participants in and mediators of our relationships, as well as tokens of affections, symbols of virility, triggers of nostalgia, replacements for lost loved ones, and symbols of lost places and times? Addressing both designed 'things with attitude' and the 'wild things' of material culture, Love Objects explores a wide range of objects, from 19th-century American portraits displaying men's passionate friendships to the devotional and political meanings of religious statues in 1920s Ireland., How are love and emotion embodied in material form? 'Love Objects' explores the emotional potency of things, addressing how objects can function as fetishes, symbols and representations, active participants in and mediators of our relationships, as well as tokens of affection, symbols of virility, triggers of nostalgia, replacements for lost loved ones, and symbols of lost places and times.Addressing both designed 'things with attitude' and the 'wild things' of material culture, Love Objects explores a wide range of objects, from 19th-century American portraits displaying men's passionate friendships to the devotional and political meanings of religious statues in 1920s Ireland., Love Objects: Emotion, Design and Material Culture investigates the physical embodiment of love by exploring the emotional potency of objects in our lives. How do objects become fetishes, symbols and representations; active participants in and mediators of our relationships; as well as tokens of affections, symbols of virility, triggers of nostalgia, replacements for lost loved ones, and symbols of lost places and times?Taking an interdisciplinary approach to the topic, covering both designed 'things with attitude' and the 'wild things' of material culture, the book explores different methodological approaches to the concept of love, whether it is different expressions of religious devotion, familial bonds, or the complexities of sexuality and sexualisation.Love Objects covers a variety of media and object types, both material and immaterial, from nineteenth-century American men's portraits displaying passionate friendships to the commodification and objectification of Aer Lingus air hostesses.
9780857858467 English 0857858467 "Love Objects" investigates how we embody love in material form by exploring the emotional potency of objects in our lives. How do objects become fetishes, symbols and representations; active participants in and mediators of our relationships, as well as tokens of affections, symbols of virility, triggers of nostalgia, replacements for lost loved ones, and symbols of lost places and times? Addressing both designed 'things with attitude' and the 'wild things' of material culture, Love Objects explores a wide range of objects, from 19th-century American portraits displaying men's passionate friendships to the devotional and political meanings of religious statues in 1920s Ireland., How are love and emotion embodied in material form? 'Love Objects' explores the emotional potency of things, addressing how objects can function as fetishes, symbols and representations, active participants in and mediators of our relationships, as well as tokens of affection, symbols of virility, triggers of nostalgia, replacements for lost loved ones, and symbols of lost places and times.Addressing both designed 'things with attitude' and the 'wild things' of material culture, Love Objects explores a wide range of objects, from 19th-century American portraits displaying men's passionate friendships to the devotional and political meanings of religious statues in 1920s Ireland., Love Objects: Emotion, Design and Material Culture investigates the physical embodiment of love by exploring the emotional potency of objects in our lives. How do objects become fetishes, symbols and representations; active participants in and mediators of our relationships; as well as tokens of affections, symbols of virility, triggers of nostalgia, replacements for lost loved ones, and symbols of lost places and times?Taking an interdisciplinary approach to the topic, covering both designed 'things with attitude' and the 'wild things' of material culture, the book explores different methodological approaches to the concept of love, whether it is different expressions of religious devotion, familial bonds, or the complexities of sexuality and sexualisation.Love Objects covers a variety of media and object types, both material and immaterial, from nineteenth-century American men's portraits displaying passionate friendships to the commodification and objectification of Aer Lingus air hostesses.