{"product_id":"extravagances-cristina-giorcelli-9780816697298","title":"Extravagances: Habits of Being 4","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis final volume in the four-volume series \u003ci\u003eHabits of Being\u003c\/i\u003e shows how the dialectic between everyday appearance and outrageous acts is mediated through clothing and accessories. It considers how clothing and accessories can move quickly from the ordinary to the extravagant. Employing many different approaches, these essays explore how wearing an object--a crown, a flower, an earring, a corsage, a veil, even a length of material--can stray beyond the bounds of the body on which it is placed into the discrepant territory of flagrantly excessive public signs of love, status, honor, prestige, power, desire, and display. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe varied contributions of scholars (historians, ethnographers, literary and film critics) and artists (photographers, sculptors, writers, weavers, and embroiderers) take up the threads of these forays into history, psyche, and aesthetics in surprising and useful ways. With examples from around the world, contributors address how the simple action of ornamenting the body, even with something as common as a button, are open to elaborate interpretations--which themselves offer new understandings of human behavior and artistic endeavor. When our \"habits of being\" receive close scrutiny, they seem anything but habitual. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributors: Mariapia Bobbiobi; Camilla Cattarulla, U of Rome Three; Paola Colaiacomo, Sapienza, U of Rome; Maria Damon, Pratt Institute of Art; Joanne B. Eicher, U of Minnesota; Maria Giulia Fabi, U of Ferrara; Margherita di Fazio; Adeena Karasick, Fordham U; Tarrah Krajnak, Pitzer College; Charlotte Nekola, William Paterson U; Victoria R. Pass, Maryland Institute College of Art; Amanda Salvioni, U of Macerata; Maria Anita Stefanelli, U of Rome Three. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Cristina Giorcelli\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0816697299\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780816697298\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Minnesota Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 6.00w x 1.00d","brand":"Cristina Giorcelli","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48086952345855,"sku":"9780816697298","price":27.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2ebe003b-e9af-421f-aef8-5c9eef67eb78.jpg?v=1769097444","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/extravagances-cristina-giorcelli-9780816697298","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}