Wild things : the material culture of everyday life /
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Author / Creator: | Attfield, Judy. |
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Imprint: | Oxford : Berg, 2000. |
Description: | xv, 318 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
Language: | English |
Series: | Materializing culture |
Subject: | Material culture. Culture -- Philosophy. Design -- Social aspects. Culture -- Philosophy. Design -- Social aspects. Material culture. |
Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4386389 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Illustrations
- Preface
- Introdiciton. the Material Culture of Everyday Life
- Part I. Things
- 1. The Meaning of Design: Things with Attritude
- 2. The Meaning of Things: Design in the Lower Case
- 3. Things and the Dynamics of the Social Changes
- Part II. Themes
- 4. Continuity: Authenticity and the Paradoxical Nature of Reproduction
- 5. Change: the Ephemeral Materiality of Identity
- 6. Containment: the Ecology of Personal Possessions
- Part III. Contexts
- 7. Space: Where Things Take Place
- 8. Time: Bringing Things to Life
- 9. The Body: the Threshold between Nature and Culture
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index