Wild things : the material culture of everyday life /

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Author / Creator:Attfield, Judy.
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
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ISBN:1859733697
1859733646 (cased) £42.99
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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