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The Consumption of Culture 1600-1800: Image, Object, Text (Consumption and Culture in 17th and 18th Centuries)
The Consumption of Culture 16001800 Image Object Text - Consumption and Culture in 17th and 18th Centuries Author:Ann Bermingham Culture does not become "culture" until it is consumed. This is the radical new interpretation of early modern social history presented in The Consumption of Culture 1600-1800. Contributors from a wide range of fields of historical study explore topics such as the formation of a culture-consuming public, the development of a literary c... more »anon, the role of consumption in the formation of the modern state, elite and popular forms of cultural consumtpion and the place of women as consumers of culture. The result is an important and rich new approach to the study of the 17th and 18th centuries.« less