{"product_id":"9781472517197","title":"Love Objects : Emotion, Design and Material Culture","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eLove Objects\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow are love and emotion embodied in material form? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLove Objects\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAddressing both designed 'things with attitude' and the 'wild things' of material culture, \u003ci\u003eLove Objects\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e“The particular strength of this book resides in the perfect balance between the originality of the case studies (if the object they illustrate are very usual, the examples that illustrate them are often quite the contrary) and the capacity of the authors to enrich their own methodology, which is either theoretical (the common denominator being in many cases a certain emphasis on anthropology) or practice-based (the volume contains several contributions by artists with a strong theoretical interest), with a strong sensibility of the political dimension of the personal. All essays offer very innovative interpretations of femininity and masculinity, defeminizing and sometimes even queering them not only through the analysis of the cultural and historical conventions that surround them but also through the lines of resistance and empowerment that love objects may disclose.” —\u003ci\u003eJan Baetens, Leonardo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781472517197\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40595970621646,"sku":"9781472517197","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_aaa3840b-b9c3-4fac-b655-7c15397d1243.jpg?v=1637845796","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781472517197","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}