Stuff
Things make us just as much as we make things. And yet, unlike the study of languages or places, there is no discipline devoted to the study of material things. This book shows why it is time to acknowledge and confront this neglect and how much we can learn from focusing our attention on stuff.The book opens with a critique of the concept of superficiality as applied to clothing. It presents the theories that are required to understand the way we are created by material as well as social relations. It takes us inside the very private worlds of our home possessions and our processes of accommodating. It considers issues of materiality in rela…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-7456-4423-3
- EAN: 9780745644233
- Produktnummer: 5962834
- Verlag: Wiley
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
- Seitenangabe: 220 S.
- Masse: H23.1 cm x B16.2 cm x D2.0 cm 406 g
- Gewicht: 406
Über den Autor
Daniel Miller is Professor of Anthropology at University College London and one of the leading anthropologists in the world today. His particular interest is in the study of material culture.
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