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  E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37475121 Title: Material cultures : why some things matter Author: Daniel Miller Publisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1998. ISBN/ISSN: 0226526003 9780226526003 0226526011 9780226526010 OCLC:37475121

  
  

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Material cultures : why some things matter

Author:	Daniel Miller
Publisher:	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1998.
Edition/Format:	Print book : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	The field of material culture has been historically well established but has recently enjoyed something of a renaissance. Methods once dominated by Marxist-oriented analyses, in which objects are understood as commodities, and by the study of objects as symbols are starting to give way to a more ethnographic approach to artifacts. This orientation to practice is the cornerstone of the essays presented in Material Cultures: Why Some Things Matter. The diversity of these essays is mediated by their common commitment to ethnography with a material focus. Against the established practice of examining objects as mirages of media or language, Material Cultures emphasizes how the study of objects not only contributes to an understanding of artifacts but is also an effective instrument for the study of social values and contradictions.  Read more...
Subjects	Material culture. Ethnology. Culture matérielle. View all subjects
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