Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0556898

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0556898

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Bowers of Bliss: Literary and Cultural Representations of Luxury in Early Modern England, 1580-1630. Luxury consumption is now commonplace in western societies including our own. It is also the subject of intense moral and ethical debate and part of an international discussion about human well-being. Our desire to consume has a long and complex history which is elucidated by early modern representations of luxury and by their recourse to enduring myths, symbols and rituals, still associated with luxury today. As a credit-based society addicted to luxury consumption, Australia is part of an ongoing global discussion about consumption, morality and society: this project will expand our contribution to that debate, while also furthering our own understanding of a concept whcih continues to evoke both fear and fascination.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 10-01-2005

End Date: 31-12-2007

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $219,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

British And Irish | Literary Studies | Cultural Theory | History Of Philosophy And History Of Ideas |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Other

Other Keywords

British And Irish | Cultural Theory | History Of Philosophy And History Of Ideas | Literary Studies | Other | Understanding the Pasts of Other Societies

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