Understanding material culture /
Woodward, Ian (Sociologist),
Understanding material culture / Ian Woodward. - vii, 191 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-184) and index.
Locating material culture -- The material as culture : definitions, perspectives, approaches -- Studying material culture : origins and premises -- Theoretical approaches to studying material culture -- The deceptive, suspicious object : Marxist and critical approaches -- The object as symbolic code : structural and semiotic approaches -- The material representing the cultural universe : objects, symbols and cultural categories -- Objects in action -- Objects and distinction : the aesthetic field and expressive materiality -- Material culture and identity : objects and the self -- Material culture, narratives and social performance : objects in contexts -- Conclusion -- Conclusion : objects and meaning in consumer culture. Pt. I. 1. 2. Pt. II. 3. 4. 5. Pt. III. 6. 7. 8. Pt. IV. 9.
0761942262 9780761942269 0761942254 9780761942252
Material culture
GN406 / .W66 2007
306.46
Understanding material culture / Ian Woodward. - vii, 191 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-184) and index.
Locating material culture -- The material as culture : definitions, perspectives, approaches -- Studying material culture : origins and premises -- Theoretical approaches to studying material culture -- The deceptive, suspicious object : Marxist and critical approaches -- The object as symbolic code : structural and semiotic approaches -- The material representing the cultural universe : objects, symbols and cultural categories -- Objects in action -- Objects and distinction : the aesthetic field and expressive materiality -- Material culture and identity : objects and the self -- Material culture, narratives and social performance : objects in contexts -- Conclusion -- Conclusion : objects and meaning in consumer culture. Pt. I. 1. 2. Pt. II. 3. 4. 5. Pt. III. 6. 7. 8. Pt. IV. 9.
0761942262 9780761942269 0761942254 9780761942252
Material culture
GN406 / .W66 2007
306.46