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Collecting and the Internet : essays on the pursuit of old passions through new technologies
- Title
- Collecting and the Internet : essays on the pursuit of old passions through new technologies / edited by Susan Koppelman and Alison Franks.
- Publication
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2008.
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- xii, 208 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "The Internet has had a profound effect on collecting--because of the Web, collectibles are now more readily available, collections more easily displayed for a wider audience, and collectors' online communities are larger and often quite intimate. In this work, essays discuss the age-old habit of collecting and its modern relationship with the Internet"--Provided by publisher.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Collecting the Internet : how individually authored websites have generated nostalgia and a desire to collect the Internet / Kelley C. Smith Feranec -- Collecting materials born digital / Marilyn A. Dunn -- Collecting watches on the Internet / Dennis Mills -- Collecting eyewear on eBay / Jeffrey Kessler -- The konnection of the Kelly kollection : Kelly doll collectors and the Internet / Jo Ann Kelly Graham -- Gambler's rush : all that glitters, etc. / Julia Penelope -- On collecting "La vie en rose" / Terry Evers -- I want my mp3s : music collecting in the digital age / Annelise Sklar -- Trading online objects on friendster.com : cyber collecting as socialization / Carson Metzger -- Tales from the thrift : thrift-shopping enthusiasts tell their stories online / Alison Franks -- The Venus of Willendorf project / Brenda Oelbaum -- Grandmom's collection / Elana C. Hurwitz -- Being collected : selling art on the Internet / Harold Smith -- The past is always on sale : revisiting culture as commodity : Internet auctions and Judaica collecting / Emily Alice Katz -- Online museums, exhibits, and archives of American disability history / Penny L. Richards -- Online therapy, obsession, and entertainment : adventures in the international cyber bazaar / Susan Koppelman.
- Call Number
- JQE 08-1382
- ISBN
- 9780786438457 (softcover : alk. paper)
- 0786438452 (softcover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2008033621
- OCLC
- 231671310
- vendorOCN231671310
- Title
- Collecting and the Internet : essays on the pursuit of old passions through new technologies / edited by Susan Koppelman and Alison Franks.
- Imprint
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2008.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Added Author
- Koppelman, Susan.Franks, Alison, 1944-
- Research Call Number
- JQE 08-1382