Material Culture

ISBN-13: 9780415267182 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 2112 str.

Victor Buchli

Opis

Material culture is the study of material products of human manufacturing processes, or the history of things. This five-volume set brings together key 19th and 20th century texts to create a comprehensive survey of material culture.

Spis treści

Volume 1: History and Scope of Material Culture Studies
Including key nineteenth and twentieth century texts
Volume 2: The Return of Material Culture Studies
Gathers the most significant texts from within and outside anthropology and archaeology during the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.
Volume 3: The Expansion of Material Culture Studies
Represents the expansion, during the 1980s and 1990s into other disciplines and linguistic traditions, namely cultural studies, cultural history, design and art history, consumption studies, semiotics and literary studies.
Volume 4: The Future of Material Culture Studies
Identifies fruitful research problems and general directions for the interdisciplinary study of material culture.