Abstract
PART ONE: LOCATING MATERIAL CULTURE The Material as Culture. Definitions, Perspectives, Approaches Studying Material Culture. Origins and Premises PART TWO: 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 THREE: 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 FOUR: CONCLUSION Conclusion: Objects and Meaning in Consumer Culture
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