Material culture in the social world : values, activities, lifestyles /
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| Author / Creator: | Dant, Tim, 1951- |
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| Imprint: | Buckingham [England] ; Philadelphia : Open University Press, c1999. |
| Description: | 227 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4115830 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgements
- 1. Introduction: the cairn and the mini-strip
- 2. Consuming or living with things?
- 3. Fetishism and the social value of objects
- 4. Building and dwelling
- 5. Wearing it out: written and material clothing
- 6. Playing with things: interacting with a windsurfer
- 7. Objects in time: modernity and biography
- 8. Turn it on: objects that mediate
- 9. Who's what? People as objects
- 10. Conclusion
- Further reading
- Bibliography
- Index
