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9781857286861

Material Cultures: Why Some Things Matter

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  • ISBN13:

    9781857286861

  • ISBN10:

    1857286863

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Nonspecific Binding
  • Copyright: 1997-11-13
  • Publisher: Routledge

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A collection of essays which present a balanced survey between theoretical discussions on the one hand and case-study research on the other. This volume is an ethnographic study of material cultures.

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The domestic sphere: Radio texture - between self and others
As seen on TV: socialization of the tele-visual consumer
From woollen carpet to grass carpet: bridging house and garden in an English suburbia
The public sphere: The message in paper
Material of culture, fabric of indentity
Calypso's consequence
The global sphere: Coca-cola - a black sweet drink from Trinidad
Signs of the new nation - gift exchange, consumption and aid on a former collective farm in North West Estonia
At home and abroad: inalienable wealth, personal consumption and the reformulation of feminine identity in the Southern Philippines
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