Material culture in the social world : values, activities, lifestyles /
Tim Dant.
- Buckingham : Open University Press, 1999.
- [ix], 227p. ; 23 cm.
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.