Stuff

Afbeeldingen

Artikel vergelijken

  • Engels
  • Paperback
  • 9780745644240
  • 23 oktober 2009
  • 220 pagina's
Alle productspecificaties

Samenvatting

Daniel Miller is one of the leading anthropologists in Britain today and is well known for his work on material culture This new book is a manifesto for the study of material culture.

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 relation to the media, as well as the implications of such an approach in relation, for example, to poverty. Finally, the book considers objects which we use to define what it is to be alive and how we use objects to cope with death.

Based on more than thirty years of research in the Caribbean, India, London and elsewhere, Stuff is nothing less than a manifesto for the study of material culture and a new way of looking at the objects that surround us and make up so much of our social and personal life.



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 relation to the media, as well as the implications of such an approach in relation, for example, to poverty. Finally, the book considers objects which we use to define what it is to be alive and how we use objects to cope with death.

Based on more than thirty years of research in the Caribbean, India, London and elsewhere, Stuff is nothing less than a manifesto for the study of material culture and a new way of looking at the objects that surround us and make up so much of our social and personal life.

Productspecificaties

Inhoud

Taal
en
Bindwijze
Paperback
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum
23 oktober 2009
Aantal pagina's
220
Kaarten inbegrepen
Nee
Illustraties
Nee

Betrokkenen

Hoofdauteur
Daniel Miller
Hoofduitgeverij
Polity Press

Character

Personage
Geen personage

Overige kenmerken

Editie
1st
Extra groot lettertype
Nee
Product breedte
150 mm
Product hoogte
15 mm
Product lengte
230 mm
Studieboek
Nee
Verpakking breedte
152 mm
Verpakking hoogte
229 mm
Verpakking lengte
17 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht
281 g

EAN

EAN
9780745644240

Je vindt dit artikel in

Taal
Engels
Beschikbaarheid
Leverbaar
Boek, ebook of luisterboek?
Boek
Nog geen reviews

Kies gewenste uitvoering

Editie : 1st

Prijsinformatie en bestellen

De prijs van dit product is 20 euro en 99 cent.
Op voorraad
Select
Voor 23:59 besteld, morgen in huis
Verkoop door bol
  • Prijs inclusief verzendkosten, verstuurd door bol
  • Ophalen bij een bol afhaalpunt mogelijk
  • 30 dagen bedenktijd en gratis retourneren
  • Dag en nacht klantenservice
Bezorgopties
  • Vandaag nog in huis (bestel ma-vr voor 12:00, bezorging tussen 17:00 en 22:00)
  • Doordeweeks ook ’s avonds in huis
  • Ook zondag in huis (bestel voor za 23:59)

Vaak samen gekocht

Lijst met gekozen artikelen om te vergelijken

Vergelijk artikelen