| Material Culture and Mass Consumption Contributor(s): Miller, Daniel (Author) |
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ISBN: 0631156054 ISBN-13: 9780631156055 Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell OUR PRICE: $50.44 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 1997 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Archaeology - Social Science | Sociology - General - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
| Dewey: 930.1 |
| LCCN: 07014027 |
| Series: Social Archaeology |
| Physical Information: 0.86" H x 6.2" W x 9.46" (1.11 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Exploring materialism and social relationships in modern culture Material Culture and Mass Consumption offers an in-depth exploration of objects, objectification, ideology, and materialism in modern society. Drawing from Hegel, Marx, Munn, and Simmel, the discussion delves into the physicality of the material world and attempts to understand materialism as a form of cultural expression. Targeting mass production as the root of mass consumption, rather than the result, this book positions material goods at odds with genuine social interaction and questions these relationships from the abstract to the intensely specific. |