What Objects Mean: An Introduction to Material Culture

Berger, Arthur Asa

ISBN 10: 1598744119 / ISBN 13: 9781598744118

Edité par Left Coast Press Inc, 2009

A propos de cet article

This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. Book contains pencil markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,450grams, ISBN:9781598744118.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: What Objects Mean: An Introduction to Material Culture
• Éditeur: Left Coast Press Inc
• Date de parution: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1598744119
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781598744118
• Reliure: Couverture souple
• État de l'article: Fair
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Social Sciences

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Synopsis

This is an innovative, engaging textbook by a prolific author. It is ideal for many disciplines. Objects, artifacts, and other forms of material culture are studied in many different parts of the university. Yet there has been no introductory book that allows students to understand the many ways in which material culture can be studied. Arthur Asa Berger, author of an many popular texts in communication, popular culture, and social theory, provides a brief, user-friendly guide for students learning what objects can mean. He takes the reader through half a dozen theoretical models that are commonly used to understand objects. He then describes and analyzes fifteen objects, showing how they demonstrate ideas like authenticity, globalization, and identity. Berger provides a series of exercises at the end to allow students to do their own analyses of objects in their environment. Brief and inexpensive enough to be included as a component in courses ranging from anthropology to art history, pop culture to psychology, Berger's introductory guide to material culture will be of use to many instructors and their students.

À propos de l?auteur

Arthur Asa Berger is professor emeritus in the department of broadcast communication Arts at San Francisco State University. He is author of 60 books on media, popular culture, visual culture, and writing. He has authored textbooks, scholarly works, practical manuals and a series of teaching novels for classroom use.