Material Culture: Critical Concepts in the Social Sciences, Volume 3, Part 2Victor Buchli Material culture is the study of material products of human manufacturing processes, or "the history of things." Since material culture studies re-emerged in the late 1960s, this field of study has spread to a variety of other disciplines including cultural studies, history, literary studies, semiotics, consumer studies, market research, museum studies, linguistics, design, and art history, to name just a few. This five-volume set brings together key nineteenth and twentieth century texts, along with the most significant publications from the past forty years to create an accessible and comprehensive survey of the field. Each volume includes a new introduction by the editor, placing the articles selected within their intellectual and historical context and the set is completed with a thorough index. |
Contents
BUILDING POWER IN THE CULTURAL LANDSCAPE OF BROOME COUNTY NEW YORK 1880 TO 1940 | 1 |
THE BILUM IS OUR MOTHER The social value of mens elaborated bags | 17 |
OBJECTIONS Technology culture and gender | 48 |
THE SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY OF TECHNOLOGY | 61 |
THE ROLE OF MEMORY IN THE TRANSMISSION OF CULTURE | 90 |
BODIES OF METAL SHELLS OF MEMORY Trench art and the Great War recycled Nicholas J Saunders | 103 |
THE GLOBAL TRAFFIC IN HUMAN ORGANS | 124 |
NEW TIMES? | 172 |
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