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Material culture in the social world : values, activities, lifestyles / Tim Dant.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Buckingham : Open University Press, 1999.Description: [ix], 227p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780335198221 (hbk.) :
  • 9780335198214 (pbk.) :
  • 033519821X (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306 DAN
LOC classification:
  • GN406 .D36 1999
Contents:
The cairn and the mini-strip Consuming or living with things? Fetishism and the social value of objects Building and dwelling Wearing it out written and material clothing Playing with things interacting with a windsurfer Objects in time modernity and biography Turn it on objects that mediate Who's what? people as objects
Summary: We interact with objects in our everyday lives in a way which is connected to the way we relate to other people and the culture of the particular society we live in - they are social relations.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 306 DAN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 119049

Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-218) and index.

Bibliography.

Includes index.

The cairn and the mini-strip Consuming or living with things? Fetishism and the social value of objects Building and dwelling Wearing it out written and material clothing Playing with things interacting with a windsurfer Objects in time modernity and biography Turn it on objects that mediate Who's what? people as objects

We interact with objects in our everyday lives in a way which is connected to the way we relate to other people and the culture of the particular society we live in - they are social relations.

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