Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of Material Culture Studies
- Cambridge Handbooks in Anthropology
- The Cambridge Handbook of Material Culture Studies
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Case Studies
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Suitcases, Selfies, and the Global Environment
- Part I Scholarly Genealogies
- Part II Relevant Pasts
- Part III Engaging Across Cultures and Around the Globe
- Part IV Cultural Production and Reproduction
- 15 Modes of Representation
- 16 Aesthetics
- 17 Objects Are Alive
- 18 Technology
- Part V Experience
- Part VI Materiality and the Digital World
- Bibliography
- Index
16 - Aesthetics
from Part IV - Cultural Production and Reproduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 June 2022
- The Cambridge Handbook of Material Culture Studies
- Cambridge Handbooks in Anthropology
- The Cambridge Handbook of Material Culture Studies
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Case Studies
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Suitcases, Selfies, and the Global Environment
- Part I Scholarly Genealogies
- Part II Relevant Pasts
- Part III Engaging Across Cultures and Around the Globe
- Part IV Cultural Production and Reproduction
- 15 Modes of Representation
- 16 Aesthetics
- 17 Objects Are Alive
- 18 Technology
- Part V Experience
- Part VI Materiality and the Digital World
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This chapter examines the history of the concept of “aesthetics” across multiple disciplines. It concludes with recommendations for conceiving and investigating aesthetics as a cross-cultural endeavor that does not privilege Western ways of thinking about aesthetics and art.
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- The Cambridge Handbook of Material Culture Studies , pp. 380 - 401Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022