Understanding material culture / Ian Woodward.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Woodward, Ian.

Contributor:

George R. Fink Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Material culture.

Physical Description:

vii, 191 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Los Angeles : Sage Publications, 2007.

Contents:

Part I Locating Material Culture 1

1 The Material as Culture. Definitions, Perspectives, Approaches 3

2 Studying Material Culture. Origins and Premises 17

Part II Theoretical Approaches to Studying Material Culture 33

3 The Deceptive, Suspicious Object. Marxist and Critical Approaches 35

4 The Object as Symbolic Code. Structural and Semiotic Approaches 57

5 The Material Representing the Cultural Universe. Objects, Symbols and Cultural Categories 84

Part III Objects in Action 111

6 Objects and Distinction. The Aesthetic Field and Expressive Materiality 113

7 Material Culture and Identity. Objects and the Self 133

8 Material Culture, Narratives and Social Performance. Objects in Contexts 151

9 Conclusion: Objects and Meaning in Consumer Culture 171.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [177]-184) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George R. Fink Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9780761942252

0761942254

0761942262

9780761942269

OCLC:

82671933