vii, 224 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 25 cm.
ISBN
9780300208528
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-211) and index.
Contents
The powers and perils of the antique: the birth of collecting -- Collecting identities -- "By means of a little castration": restoration and manipulation -- Irresistible forgeries -- The privileges of lovers : erotic connections with antiquities -- Collecting others -- The history of looting and smuggling : and what they destroy -- Collectors' failed justifications for looting and smuggling -- Conclusion : collecting to save the past.
