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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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