Material cultures : why some things matter / edited by Daniel Miller.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Miller, Daniel, 1954-

Series:

Consumption and space.

Consumption and space

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Material culture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : UCL Press, 1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Annotation 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.

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Notes on contributors; Why some things matter; Radio texture: between self and others; From woollen carpet to grass carpet: bridging house and garden in an English suburb; Window shopping at home: classifieds, catalogues and new consumer skills; The message in paper; Material of culture, fabric of identity; Calypso's consequences; Coca-Cola: a black sweet drink from Trinidad; Signs of the new nation: gift exchange, consumption and aid on a former collective farm in north-west Estonia

At home and abroad: inalienable wealth, personal consumption and the formulations of femininity in the southern PhilippinesIndex;

Notes:

Includes index.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

1-135-36163-0

9786610543441

1-280-54344-2

0-203-03314-0

9780203033142

OCLC:

475874376