M A Hughes
Biographic Data
| ID | 3578686 |
|---|---|
| NAME | M A Hughes |
| GIVEN NAMES | M A |
| FAMILY NAME | Hughes |
| SIGNATURE | HUGHES M A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Victoria University of Wellington |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Urban Life
Books as social currency
Here, indeed, lies the whole miracle of collecting," Jean Baudrillard asserted, "it is invariably oneself that one collects" ("Systems of Collecting" 12). If Baudrillard's premise that a collection is itself a representation of the collector, then how can we read a person through his/her private library? There have been several large and important studies produced on the three preeminent figures in New Zealand book collecting: Sir George Grey, Dr…
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Books as social currency
Here, indeed, lies the whole miracle of collecting," Jean Baudrillard asserted, "it is invariably oneself that one collects" ("Systems of Collecting" 12). If Baudrillard's premise that a collection is itself a representation of the collector, then how can we read a person through his/her private library? There have been several large and important studies produced on the three preeminent figures in New Zealand book collecting: Sir George Grey, Dr…
Urban Life
History (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work) · Art (1 work) · Art history (1 work) · Cultural Industries and Urban Development (1 work) · Currency (1 work) · Environmental planning (1 work) · Geography (1 work) · Linguistics (1 work) · Media studies (1 work)