The Material Culture Reader

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The Material Culture Reader

The Material Culture Reader written by Victor Buchli and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-05-31 with Social Science categories.

Material culture has finally earned a central place within anthropology. Emerging from the pioneering work done at University College London, this reader brings together for the first time seminal articles that have helped shape the anthropological study of material culture. With topics ranging from the anthropology of art to architecture, landscape studies, archaeology, consumption studies and heritage management, this key text reflects the breadth of material culture studies today. The authors, who discuss field sites as distant as Vanuatu, New Ireland, Trinidad and Soviet Russia, show how material culture provides a new lens for viewing the world around us and effectively bridges the gap between theory and data. Providing the first-ever synthesis of these ground-breaking essays in an easily accessible volume, this book will serve as a comprehensive introduction to the subject and a valuable reference guide for anyone interested in material culture, anthropology, art and museum studies.

Material Culture Review

Material Culture Review written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Canada categories.

An Archaeology Of Socialism

An Archaeology Of Socialism written by Victor Buchli and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-02 with Architecture categories.

Revolution and the restructuring of the material world --Soviet hygiene and the battle against dirt and petit-bourgeois consciousness --The Narkomfin Communal House and the material culture of socialism --Stalinism and the domestication of Marxism --The Narkomfin Communal House and Marxist domesticity --De-Stalinisation and the reinvigoration of Marxist understandings of the material world --The Narkomfin Communal House and the material culture of de-Stalinisation.

Material Culture In America

Material Culture In America written by Helen Sheumaker and has been published by ABC-CLIO this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with History categories.

"You can tell a lot about people by looking at their stuff - the things they make, process, and value. That is the idea that drives the field of material culture, in which scholars explore the meaning of objects of a given society. This book is the first encyclopedia to look at the study of material culture and what it reveals about life in the United States."--Jacket.

The Advertising And Consumer Culture Reader

The Advertising And Consumer Culture Reader written by Joseph Turow and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Business & Economics categories.

Commercial breaks, radio spots, product placements, billboards, pop-up ads--we sometimes take for granted how much advertising surrounds us in our daily lives. We may find ads funny, odd, or even disturbing, but we rarely stop to consider their deeper meaning or function within society. What, exactly, does advertising do? How and why do ads influence us? How does the advertising industry influence our media? These are just a few of the many important questions addressed in The Advertising and Consumer Culture Reader--an incisive, provocative collection that assembles twenty-seven of the most important scholarly writings on advertising and consumer culture to date. The classic and contemporary essays gathered here explore the past, present, and future of advertising--from the early days of print to the World Wide Web and beyond. These selections offer historical, sociological, critical, cultural, and political-economic lenses to explore a wide range of topics--from consumer activism to globalization to the role of ads in the political process. Together, these key readings chart the past, present, and future of advertising, while also examining the effects of advertising and consumer culture upon individuals, society, cultures, and the world at large. Designed for use in courses, the collection begins with a general introduction that orients students to thinking critically about advertising and consumer culture. Section and chapter introductions offer valuable historical and critical context, while review questions after each reading will spark classroom debates and challenge students' understanding of key concepts.

Reading The Marketplace

Reading The Marketplace written by Sarah Ann Wadsworth and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with categories.

The Dialog

The Dialog written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1969 with Language and languages categories.

The Journal Of History

The Journal Of History written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Philippines categories.

Reading Matter

Reading Matter written by Arthur Asa Berger and has been published by Transaction Pub this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-10-01 with Social Science categories.

To be civilized involves, among other things, making, using, and buying objects. Although speculation on the significance of objects often tends to be casual, there are professionals--anthropologists, historians, semioticians, Marxists, sociologists, and psychologists--who analyze material culture in a systematic way and attempt to elicit from it reliable information about people, societies, and cultures. One reason that analyzing objects has been problematical for scholars is the lack of a sound methodology governing multidisciplinary research. Reading Matter addresses this problem by defining a comprehensive set of methodological approaches that can be used to analyze and interpret material culture and relate it to personality and society. Berger offers discussions of the main concepts found in semiotic, historical, anthropological, psychoanalytic, Marxist, and sociological analysis. He provides practical descriptions of the working methods of each discipline and demarcates their special areas of investigation. Berger's lively discussions include a wealth of illustrative examples that help to clarify the complex and often difficult theories that underlie interpretations of material culture. In the second part of his analysis, Berger uses these disciplines to investigate one subject--fashion and an important aspect of fashion, blue jeans, and what the author calls the "denimization" phenomenon. Here he shows how different methods of "reading" material culture end up with different perspectives on things--even when they are dealing with the same topic. The author's focus is on the material culture of post-literate societies and cultures, both contemporary and historical. This comparative approach enables the reader to trace the evolution of objects from past to present or to see how American artifacts spread to different cultures, acquiring a wholly new meaning in the process. Reading Matter is an important contribution to the study of popular culture and social history. It will be of interest to sociologists, anthropologists, and cultural historians. Arthur Asa Berger is professor emeritus of broadcast and electronic communication arts at San Francisco State University and series editor of Transaction's Communication and Mass Culture and Humor Studies series. He is the author of many books including Manufacturing Desire and Agitpop.

B C Studies

B C Studies written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with British Columbia categories.