The Social Life of Materials
Studies in Materials and Society
Materials play a central role in society. Beyond the physical and chemical properties of materials, their cultural properties have often been overlooked in anthropological studies: finished products have been perceived as 'social' yet the materials which comprise them are considered 'raw' or natural'. The Social Life of Materials proposes a new perspective in this interdisciplinary field. Diverting attention from the consumption of objects, the book looks towards the properties of materials and how these exist through many transformations in a variety of cultural contexts.Human societies have always worked with materials. However, the customs…
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Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: Küchler, Susanne (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-1-4725-9266-8
- EAN: 9781472592668
- Produktnummer: 19553823
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
- Seitenangabe: 304 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Auflage: 1. Auflage
- Abbildungen: 24 bw illus
Über den Autor
Adam Drazin lectures in the Department of Anthropology at University College London, UK, where he coordinates the MA in Culture, Materials and Design. Susanne Küchler is Professor of Anthropology and Material Culture at University College London, UK.
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