TY  - BOOK
AU  - Woodward,Ian
TI  - Understanding material culture
SN  - 9780761942252
AV  - GN 406 .W66 2007
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Los Angeles
PB  - Sage Publications
KW  - Material culture
KW  - material culture (discipline)
KW  - aat
KW  - fast
KW  - Sachkultur
KW  - gnd
KW  - Identität
KW  - Gesellschaft
KW  - Kulturtheorie
KW  - nli
KW  - Materiell kultur
KW  - teori, filosofi
KW  - sao
KW  - Kulturstudier
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-184) and index; PART 1: Locating material culture. The material as culture. Definitions, perspectives, approaches -- Studying material culture. Origins and premises -- -- PART 2: Theoretical approaches to studying material culture. The deceptive, suspicious object. Marxist and critical approaches -- The object as symbolic code. Structural and semiotic approaches -- The material representing the cultural universe. Objects, symbols and cultural categories -- -- PART 3: Objects in action. Objects and distinction. The aesthetic field and expressive materiality -- Material culture and identity. Objects and the self -- Material culture, narratives and social performance. Objects in contexts -- PART 4: Conclusion. Objects and meaning in consumer culture
N2  - Why are iPods and mobile phones fashion accessories? Why do people spend thousands remodelling their perfectly functional kitchen? Offers an overview of the diverse ways of studying the material as culture
ER  -