Dear friends and colleagues I am pleased to announce the publication of a special issue of Cultural Politics entitled The Spirit of Luxury, edited by John Armitage and Joanne Roberts. The contents of the issue are detailed below and here on Project Muse: http://muse.jhu.edu/issue/33366 Joanne and I have also written a short blog post on “Donald J. Trump and the Spirit of Proletarian Luxury” that can be found on the Duke University Press Blog here: https://dukeupress.wordpress.com/ Please feel free to circulate this information to interested lists and individuals. Best wishes. John. ……………………..……………………. Professor John Armitage, PhD Founder and Co-editor: Cultural Politics<https://www.dukeupress.edu/Cultural-Politics/index-viewby=journal.html> Co-Director: Winchester Luxury Research Group<http://www.southampton.ac.uk/wlrg> Winchester School of Art University of Southampton Park Avenue Winchester Hampshire SO23 8DL, UK (e) (w): [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> (e) (h): [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> (e) (h): [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> (t)(w): +44 (0)23 8059 6928 (t) (m): +44 (0)7703 448926 My latest book available from EUP: Critical Luxury Studies: Art, Design, Media<http://www.euppublishing.com/book/9781474402613> ………………………………………………….. [Cultural Politics an International Journal]</> [Duke University Press]<http://dukeupress.edu/journals/> [http://culturalpolitics.dukejournals.org/icons/spacer.gif] [http://culturalpolitics.dukejournals.org/icons/spacer.gif] QUICK SEARCH: [advanced]</search.dtl> [Go] Author: Keyword(s): Year: Vol: Page: Home</> | Help</help> | Feedback</cgi/feedback> | Subscriptions</subscriptions> | Archive</archive/> | Search</search.dtl> | Search Results</cgi/search?> ________________________________ Cultural Politics an International Journal<http://culturalpolitics.dukejournals.org?etoc> The SPIRIT of LUXURY Volume 12, Number 1, March 2016<http://culturalpolitics.dukejournals.org/content/12/1?etoc> ________________________________ Articles ________________________________ The Spirit of Luxury John Armitage and Joanne Roberts Cultural Politics (2016) 12(1): 1-22; doi:10.1215/17432197-3436283 http://culturalpolitics.dukejournals.org/content/12/1/1.abstract<http://culturalpolitics.dukejournals.org/content/12/1/1.abstract?etoc> Introduction to the Journal of Luxury and Fashion (1786) Friedrich Justin Bertuch, Georg Melchior Kraus Cultural Politics (2016) 12(1): 23-31; doi:10.1215/17432197-3436295 http://culturalpolitics.dukejournals.org/content/12/1/23.extract<http://culturalpolitics.dukejournals.org/content/12/1/23.extract?etoc> Luxury: The Function of Wealth Paul Leroy-Beaulieu Cultural Politics (2016) 12(1): 32-41; doi:10.1215/17432197-3436319 http://culturalpolitics.dukejournals.org/content/12/1/32.extract<http://culturalpolitics.dukejournals.org/content/12/1/32.extract?etoc> Luxury is Unjustifiable Émile Louis Victor de Laveleye, John Armitage, and Joanne Roberts Cultural Politics (2016) 12(1): 42-48; doi:10.1215/17432197-3436331 http://culturalpolitics.dukejournals.org/content/12/1/42.extract<http://culturalpolitics.dukejournals.org/content/12/1/42.extract?etoc> Brand Art Sensation: From High Art to Luxury Branding? Giulia Zaniol Cultural Politics (2016) 12(1): 49-53; doi:10.1215/17432197-3436355 http://culturalpolitics.dukejournals.org/content/12/1/49.extract<http://culturalpolitics.dukejournals.org/content/12/1/49.extract?etoc> Luxury Lines: Ordering and the Formation of Regard and Disregard Patricia Mooney Nickel Cultural Politics (2016) 12(1): 54-65; doi:10.1215/17432197-3436367 http://culturalpolitics.dukejournals.org/content/12/1/54.abstract<http://culturalpolitics.dukejournals.org/content/12/1/54.abstract?etoc> Luxus: A Thanatology of Luxury from Nero to Bataille Mark Featherstone Cultural Politics (2016) 12(1): 66-82; doi:10.1215/17432197-3436391 http://culturalpolitics.dukejournals.org/content/12/1/66.abstract<http://culturalpolitics.dukejournals.org/content/12/1/66.abstract?etoc> “In a Galaxy Far, Far Away . . .”: C-3PO, Mink, and the Promise of Disruptive Luxury Jonathan Faiers Cultural Politics (2016) 12(1): 83-97; doi:10.1215/17432197-3436379 http://culturalpolitics.dukejournals.org/content/12/1/83.abstract<http://culturalpolitics.dukejournals.org/content/12/1/83.abstract?etoc> Moral Hazard Susan Hamburger Cultural Politics (2016) 12(1): 98-109; doi:10.1215/17432197-3436403 http://culturalpolitics.dukejournals.org/content/12/1/98.extract<http://culturalpolitics.dukejournals.org/content/12/1/98.extract?etoc> Fatalist Luxuries: Of Inequality, Wasting, and the Antiwork Ethic in India Tereza Kuldova Cultural Politics (2016) 12(1): 110-129; doi:10.1215/17432197-3436415 http://culturalpolitics.dukejournals.org/content/12/1/110.abstract<http://culturalpolitics.dukejournals.org/content/12/1/110.abstract?etoc> ________________________________ Book Review ________________________________ A Luxury Legacy for the Paris Commune Adam George Dunn Cultural Politics (2016) 12(1): 131-134; doi:10.1215/17432197-3436724 http://culturalpolitics.dukejournals.org/content/12/1/131.extract<http://culturalpolitics.dukejournals.org/content/12/1/131.extract?etoc> ________________________________