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Material culture is the study of material products of human manufacturing processes, or 'the history of things'. Since material culture studies re-emerged within Anglo-American archaeology and anthropology in the late 1960s, this field of study has spread to a variety of other disciplines including cultural studies, history, literary studies, semiotics, consumer studies, market research, museum... Read more
Volume 1: History and Scope of Material Culture Studies
Including key nineteenth and twentieth century texts
Volume 2: The Return of Material Culture Studies
Gathers the most significant texts from within and outside anthropology and archaeology during the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.
Volume 3: The Expansion of Material Culture Studies
Represents the expansion, during the 1980s and 1990s into other disciplines and linguistic traditions, namely cultural studies, cultural history, design and art history, consumption studies, semiotics and literary studies.
Volume 4: The Future of Material Culture Studies
Identifies fruitful research problems and general directions for the interdisciplinary study of material culture.
Including key nineteenth and twentieth century texts
Volume 2: The Return of Material Culture Studies
Gathers the most significant texts from within and outside anthropology and archaeology during the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.
Volume 3: The Expansion of Material Culture Studies
Represents the expansion, during the 1980s and 1990s into other disciplines and linguistic traditions, namely cultural studies, cultural history, design and art history, consumption studies, semiotics and literary studies.
Volume 4: The Future of Material Culture Studies
Identifies fruitful research problems and general directions for the interdisciplinary study of material culture.
Biography
Edited by Victor Buchli
