{"product_id":"materials-practices-and-politics-of-antje-krause-wahl-9781350192935","title":"Materials, Practices, and Politics of Shine in Modern Art and Popular Culture","description":"\u003cp\u003eShine allures and awakens desire. As a phenomenon of perception shiny things and materials fascinate and tantalize. They are a formative element of material culture, promising luxury, social distinction and the hope of limitless experience and excess. Since the early twentieth century the mass production, dissemination and popularization of synthetic materials that produce heretofore-unknown effects of shine have increased. At the same time, shine is subjectified as \"glamor\" and made into a token of performative self-empowerment. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe volume illuminates genealogical as well as systematic relationships between material phenomena of shine and cultural-philosophical concepts of appearance, illusion, distraction and glare in bringing together renowned scholars from various disciplines.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Antje Krause-Wahl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350192937\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350192935\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Visual Arts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/30\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.00d","brand":"Antje Krause-Wahl","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44128357712127,"sku":"9781350192935","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9450d1c3-5e13-4c57-ad92-5dbec1dc8c21.jpg?v=1687458299","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/materials-practices-and-politics-of-antje-krause-wahl-9781350192935","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}