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Meaning and ideology in historical archaeology : style, social identity, and capitalism in an Australian town / Heather Burke.
Penn Museum Library DU180.A7 B39 1999
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Burke, Heather, 1966-
- Series:
- Contributions to global historical archaeology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Culture--Australia--Armidale (N.S.W.).
- Culture.
- Capitalism.
- History.
- Material culture.
- Social status.
- Australia.
- Social status--Australia--Armidale (N.S.W.).
- Social classes--Australia--Armidale (N.S.W.).
- Social classes.
- Material culture--Australia--Armidale (N.S.W.).
- Capitalism--Australia--Armidale (N.S.W.)--History.
- Archaeology and history--Australia--Armidale (N.S.W.).
- Archaeology and history.
- Armidale (N.S.W.)--Antiquities.
- Armidale (N.S.W.).
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 276 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum, [1999]
- Contents:
- Chapter 2. An Anatomy of Ideology 11
- What Is Ideology? 11
- What Does Ideology Do? 17
- Ideology and the Construction of Social Identity 19
- Ideology, Social Identity, and Style 25
- Style and the Semiotics of Social Identity 31
- Chapter 3. An Introduction to Armidale 37
- A History of Armidale and New England 40
- Colonial Armidale 70
- Ideology 71
- Chapter 4. Materials and Methods 83
- Selection of Place 83
- Selection of Structures 83
- Selection of Variables 85
- Variables Relating to Social Context 86
- Variables Relating to Style 90
- Variables Relating to Geographical Context 92
- Variables Relating to Use 92
- Data Collection 93
- Location of Structures 94
- Analysis 97
- Biases in the Database 99
- Limitations of the Study 99
- Chapter 5. The Semiotics of Social Position 103
- The Contexts of Production for Style in Armidale 103
- Chapter 6. Relations of Meaning and Relations of Membership 143
- Creating Social Identity 143
- Chapter 7. Style in Space 163
- The Contexts of Interpretation for Style in Armidale 163
- The Space of Style 167
- The Power of Style 174
- Chapter 8. Styles of Ideology 181
- Ideology from Artifacts 182
- Ideology and Public Identity 194
- The Material Constraints to Studying Ideology 213
- Chapter 9. Investments of Meaning 217
- Context and Identity 219
- Stylishness 220
- Directions of Emulation 220
- Dominant Ideology 222
- Scales of Ideology 223
- Persistence 224
- The Commodification of Heritage 225
- A Historical Archaeology of Ideology 226.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-265) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0306460661
- OCLC:
- 41835032
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