Evocative objects : things we think with / edited by Sherry Turkle.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Turkle, Sherry.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Transitional objects (Psychology).

Physical Description:

ix, 385 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2007]

Summary:

Autobiographical essays, framed by two interpretive essays by the editor, describe the power of an object to evoke emotion and provoke thought: reflections on a cello, a laptop computer, a 1964 Ford Falcon, an apple, a mummy in a museum, and other " things-to-think-with."

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [344]-363) and index.

ISBN:

9780262201681

0262201682

OCLC:

71146430