The silent life of things : reading and representing commodified objecthood / edited by Daniela Rogobete, Jonathan P. A. Sell and Alan Munton.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rogobete, Daniela, editor.

Sell, Jonathan P. A., editor.

Munton, Alan, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Material culture.

Materialism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (219 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015.

Summary:

The ever-growing interest in the analysis of materiality has found its expression in many studies of objects and objecthood, of things and "thingness". Combining cultural, phenomenological, semiotic, and philosophical approaches, this collection of eleven essays proposes a journey into "the silent life of things", into those aspects of materiality that are not immediately visible and require both increased attention and a sense of intuition. It focuses on the subtle changes that materiality operates upon our subjectivity and upon our status as producers, users, possessors, negotiators and mani

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

PART I

Chapter One

Chapter Two

PART II

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

PART III

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

PART IV

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

PART V

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Notes on Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters, filmographies and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 20, 2016).

ISBN:

1-4438-8668-8

OCLC:

930995512