Material Identities

Joanna Sofaer9781405132343, 1-4051-3234-5, 1-4051-3235-3, 9781405132350

Material Identities examines the way that individuals use material objects as tools for projecting aspects of their identities. Considers the way identity is fashioned, launched, used, and admired in the material world. Contributors intervene from the disciplines of art history, anthropology, design and material culture. Considers contrasting media – painting, print, sculpture, dress, coinage, architecture, furniture, luxury items, and interior design. Explores the complexity of identity through the intersection notions of gender, ethnicity, age, sexuality, and class. Reaffirms the central role of public identities and their impact on social life.

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Table of contents :
Material Identities……Page 1
Contents……Page 7
Series Editor’s Preface……Page 9
List of Illustrations……Page 10
Notes on Contributors……Page 12
Acknowledgments……Page 14
Introduction: Materiality and Identity……Page 15
Part I: Projecting Identities……Page 25
1 Mai/Omai in London and the South Pacific: Performativity, Cultural Entanglement, and Indigenous Appropriation……Page 27
2 Projecting Identities in the Greek Symposion……Page 45
Part II: Material and Social Transformations……Page 67
3 Bernini Struts……Page 69
4 Architectural Style and Identity in Egypt……Page 81
5 Identifying the Body: Representing Self. Art, Ornamentation and the Body in Later Prehistoric Europe……Page 96
Part III: Politics and Identity……Page 113
6 Aristocratic Identity: Regency Furniture and the Egyptian Revival Style……Page 115
7 Architecture, Power, and Politics: The Forum-Basilica in Roman Britain……Page 141
Bibliography……Page 166
Index……Page 177