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What Objects Mean: An Introduction to Material Culture
Contributor(s): Asa Berger, Arthur (Author), Berger, Arthur Asa (Author)
ISBN: 1611329043     ISBN-13: 9781611329049
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE:   $47.49  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: June 2014
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Popular Culture
- Social Science | Anthropology - General
Dewey: 306.46
LCCN: 2014007949
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.97 lbs) 272 pages
Themes:
- Sex & Gender - Feminine
 
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Publisher Description:
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.