Material Cultures: Why Some Things Matter

en Limba Engleză Paperback – 13 noi 1997

This volume is an ethnographic study of material cultures. Incorporating local and global dimensions, a team of scholars explore the changing experiences of cultures in locations as disparate as the Philippines and Northern Ireland. Material culture and consumption studies have undergone something of a renaissance recently. This study provides an up-to-date analysis of a developing field in sociological and anthropological based courses.; This book is intended for undergraduate/MA courses on material culture and consumption within cultural studies and anthropology degree schemes.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781857286861
ISBN-10: 1857286863
Pagini: 256
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.38 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

Public țintă

Postgraduate, Professional, and Undergraduate

Cuprins

Part 1 Introduction; Chapter 1 Why some things matter, Daniel Miller; Part 2 The domestic sphere; Chapter 2 Radio texture: between self and others, Jo Tacchi; Chapter 3 From woollen carpet to grass carpet: bridging house and garden in an English suburb, Sophie Chevalier; Chapter 4 Window shopping at home: classifieds, catalogues and new consumer skills, Alison J. Clarke; Part 3 The public sphere; Chapter 5 The message in paper, Andrea Pellegram; Chapter 6 Material of culture, fabric of identity, Neil Jarman; Chapter 7 Calypso's consequences, Justin Finden-Crofts; Part 4 The global sphere (or the World Wide West); Chapter 8 Coca-Cola: a black sweet drink from Trinidad, Daniel Miller; Chapter 9 Signs of the new nation: gift exchange, consumption and aid on a former collective farm in north-west Estonia, Sigrid Rausing; Chapter 10 At home and abroad: inalienable wealth, personal consumption and formulations of femininity in the southern Philippines, Mark Johnson;

Descriere

A collection of essays which present a balanced survey between theoretical discussions on the one hand and case-study research on the other. This volume is an ethnographic study of material cultures.

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