Woodward, Ian  (Sociologist), <br/><br/>
Understanding material culture / 
Ian Woodward. 
 - vii, 191 pages ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-184) and index. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0761942262 9780761942269 0761942254 9780761942252 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Material culture
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>GN406  / .W66 2007 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>306.46