What Objects Mean

An Introduction to Material Culture

Arthur Asa Berger, Arthur Asa Berger

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Left Coast Press Inc
01 June 2014

Material culture

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 describes and analyzes eleven objects, many of them new to this edition—including

smartphones, Facebook, hair dye, and the American flag—showing how they demonstrate concepts like globalization, identity, and nationalism. The book includes a series of exercises that allow students to analyse objects in their own environment. Brief and inexpensive, this introductory guide will be used in courses ranging from anthropology to art history, pop culture to psychology.

By: Arthur Asa Berger, Arthur Asa Berger
Imprint: Left Coast Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 2nd edition
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
ISBN: 9781611329032
ISBN 10: 1611329035
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 01 June 2014
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

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: ApplicationsChapter 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

Authored by Asa Berger, Arthur; Berger, Arthur Asa

Reviews for What Objects Mean: An Introduction to Material Culture

"Comments on the first edition: ""Berger s book takes a complex and nuanced topicthe study of material cultureand pares it down to a manageable first approach.... Overall, the book presents a basic survey of several important theories and scholars that students should become familiar with when beginning to study material culture, and demonstrates a useful structure for a course syllabus."" Journal of Folklore Research"" Comments on the first edition: ""Berger's book takes a complex and nuanced topic--the study of material culture--and pares it down to a manageable first approach.... Overall, the book presents a basic survey of several important theories and scholars that students should become familiar with when beginning to study material culture, and demonstrates a useful structure for a course syllabus."" --Journal of Folklore Research"