Souvenir / Rolf Potts.

By:

Potts, Rolf [author.]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781501329425
1501329421
9781501329449
1501329448

Subject(s): Genre/Form:

Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Souvenir.DDC classification:

306.4/819 23

LOC classification:

G156.5.S63 P67 2018

Online resources:

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Contents:

Introduction: an embarrassment of Eiffel Towers -- Souvenirs in the age of pilgrimage -- Souvenirs in the age of Enlightenment -- Interlude: museums of the personal -- Souvenirs in the age of mechanical reproduction -- Souvenirs and human suffering -- Souvenirs and (the complicated notion of) authenticity -- Souvenirs, memory, and the shortness of life.

Summary: "Or as long as people have traveled to distant lands, they have brought home objects to certify the journey. More than mere merchandise, these travel souvenirs take on a personal and cultural meaning that goes beyond the object itself. Drawing on several millennia of examples--from the relic-driven quests of early Christians, to the mass-produced tchotchkes that line the shelves of a Disney gift shop--travel writer Rolf Potts delves into a complicated history that explores issues of authenticity, cultural obligation, market forces, human suffering, and self-presentation. More than just objects, souvenirs are a personalized form of folk storytelling that enable people to make sense of the world and their place in it"-- Provided by publisher.

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"Or as long as people have traveled to distant lands, they have brought home objects to certify the journey. More than mere merchandise, these travel souvenirs take on a personal and cultural meaning that goes beyond the object itself. Drawing on several millennia of examples--from the relic-driven quests of early Christians, to the mass-produced tchotchkes that line the shelves of a Disney gift shop--travel writer Rolf Potts delves into a complicated history that explores issues of authenticity, cultural obligation, market forces, human suffering, and self-presentation. More than just objects, souvenirs are a personalized form of folk storytelling that enable people to make sense of the world and their place in it"-- Provided by publisher.