Mundane objects : materiality and non-verbal communication / Pierre Lemonnier.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lemonnier, Pierre, 1948-

Series:

Critical Cultural Heritage Series

Critical cultural heritage series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Technology--Social aspects.

Technology.

Material culture.

Nonverbal communication.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (206 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Walnut Creek, Calif. : Left Coast Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This concise book shows the importance of objects that are considered ordinary by cultural outsiders and scholars, yet lie at the heart of the systems of thought and practices of their makers and users. This volume demonstrates the role of these objects in non-verbal communication, both in non-ritual and in ritual situations. Lemonnier shows that some objects, their physical properties and their material implementation, are wordless expressions of fundamental aspects of a way of living and thinking, as well as sometimes the only means of expressing the inexpressible. Through the study of

Contents:

Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1. Too Sturdy To Be Mundane: A Baruya Garden Fence; Chapter 2. Entwined by Nature: Eels, Traps, and Ritual; Chapter 3. The Anthropological Complexity of Unremarkable Drums; Chapter 5. Race Cars, Dinky Toys, and Aging Boys; Chapter 6. What Materiality Means: Objects as Resonators; Chapter 7. What's New? Blurring Anthropological Borders but Keeping "Technology" in Mind; Chapter 8. The Paradox of Marginal Changes; Notes; References; Index; About the Author

Notes:

First published 2012 by Left Coast Press, Inc.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-315-42423-1

1-315-42424-X

1-315-42425-8

1-61132-058-5

OCLC:

818820271