TY  - GEN
TI  - Understanding material culture 
SN  - 9780761942269
U1  - 745.201 
PY  - 2007///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - Sage Publications 
N1  - Contents
Acknowledgements   v 
Preface   vi
PART I    LOCATING MATERIAL CULTURE   1
1    The Material as Culture.
      Definitions, Perspectives, Approaches   3
2    Studying Material Culture. Origins and Premises   17
PART II    THEORETICAL APPROACHES TO STUDYING
                   MATERIAL CULTURE       33
3    The Deceptive, Suspicious Object.
Marxist and Critical Approaches     35
4    The Object as Symbolic Code. Structural and
      Semiotic Approaches     57
5    The Material Representing the Cultural Universe.
      Objects, Symbols and Cultural Categories    84
PART III    OBJECTS IN ACTION    111
6    Objects and Distinction. The Aesthetic Field and
      Expressive Materiality    113
7    Material Culture and Identity. Objects and the Self    133
8    Material Culture, Narratives and Social Performance.
      Objects in Contexts    151
PART IV   CONCLUSION    169
9    Conclusion: Objects and Meaning in Consumer Culture    171
References 177 
Index    185

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