Material Culture and Sedition, 1688-1760 [electronic resource] : Treacherous Objects, Secret Places /
Pittock, M.author.
Material Culture and Sedition, 1688-1760 is a groundbreaking study of the ways in which material culture (and its associated designs, rituals and symbols) was used to avoid prosecution for treason and sedition in the British Isles. The fresh theoretical model it presents challenges existing accounts of the public sphere and consumer culture.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Treacherous Objects: Towards a Theory of Jacobite Material Culture; Context; Premises; Theorizing Jacobite culture; Symbols and context; 2 Décor, Decoration and Design; A controversial case?; Exteriors; Interiors; James Gibbs and Joseph Enzer; 3 Sedition, Symbols, Colours, Cant and Codes; Symbols of the Crown; Cant, code and secret societies; The memory of Mary, Queen of Scots; The Aisling; Oaks, roses and colour coding; Public and private symbols and memory; Tartan
4 Associations and AntiquariansCoffee houses, taverns, howffs and alehouses; Jacobite clubs; Freemasonry; Case-study: art in diaspora; Conclusion: military networks; 5 Propaganda: Medals, Weapons, Glass, Ceramics and Relics; Medals, coins and touch-pieces; Weapons and banners; Glass and ceramics; Relics; Postscript: The Making of Memory; Appendix: Index of Symbols, Cant and Code; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Material Culture and Sedition, 1688-1760 is a groundbreaking study of the ways in which material culture (and its associated designs, rituals and symbols) was used to avoid prosecution for treason and sedition in the British Isles. The fresh theoretical model it presents challenges existing accounts of the public sphere and consumer culture.
Literature-Philosophy.
Culture-Study and teaching.
Literature, Modern.
British literature.
Literature, Modern-18th century.
Sociology.
Literary Theory.
Cultural Theory.
Early Modern/Renaissance Literature.
British and Irish Literature.
Eighteenth-Century Literature.
Sociology, general.