2nd Edition
What Objects Mean An Introduction to Material Culture
By Arthur Asa Berger
Copyright 2014
272 Pages
by
Routledge
272 Pages
by
Routledge
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Arthur Asa Berger, author of an array of texts in communication, popular culture, and social theory, is back with the second edition of his popular, user-friendly guide for students who want to understand the social meanings of objects. In this broadly interdisciplinary text, Berger takes the reader through half a dozen theoretical models that are commonly used to analyze objects. He then... Read more
Preface
Part I: Theoretical Approaches to Material Culture
Chapter 1: Making Sense of Material Culture
Chapter 2: A Freudian Psychoanalytic Approach
Chapter 3: Semiotic Approaches to Material Culture
Chapter 4: Sociological Analysis of Material Culture
Chapter 5: Economic Theory, Marxism, and Material Culture
Chapter 6: Cultural Theory and Material Culture
Chapter 7: Archaeological Theory and Material Culture
Part II: Applications
Chapter 8: Exchange
Chapter 9: Style
Chapter 10: Technology
Chapter 11: Globalization
Chapter 12: Identity
Chapter 13: Transformations
Chapter 14: Sociability
Chapter 15: Shape
Chapter 16: Diffusion
Chapter 17: Narratives
Chapter 18: Nationalism
Part III: Material Culture Games
The Artifacts Inventory Game
The Time Capsule Game
Disciplinary Perspectives on Objects
The Grid-Group Theory and Objects Game
The Objects and Personal Identity Game
Part I: Theoretical Approaches to Material Culture
Chapter 1: Making Sense of Material Culture
Chapter 2: A Freudian Psychoanalytic Approach
Chapter 3: Semiotic Approaches to Material Culture
Chapter 4: Sociological Analysis of Material Culture
Chapter 5: Economic Theory, Marxism, and Material Culture
Chapter 6: Cultural Theory and Material Culture
Chapter 7: Archaeological Theory and Material Culture
Part II: Applications
Chapter 8: Exchange
Chapter 9: Style
Chapter 10: Technology
Chapter 11: Globalization
Chapter 12: Identity
Chapter 13: Transformations
Chapter 14: Sociability
Chapter 15: Shape
Chapter 16: Diffusion
Chapter 17: Narratives
Chapter 18: Nationalism
Part III: Material Culture Games
The Artifacts Inventory Game
The Time Capsule Game
Disciplinary Perspectives on Objects
The Grid-Group Theory and Objects Game
The Objects and Personal Identity Game
Biography
Authored by Asa Berger, Arthur; Berger, Arthur Asa
