Material culture books

Bringing together a range of international studies, this volume discusses the agency of modern furniture in post-war...  Read More >>

This book reveals that the way we perceive sex robots is how we perceive ourselves, overcoming the false human/non-human...  Read More >>

This collection provides a valuable review of nineteenth-century visual and material culture. It broadens our understanding...  Read More >>

Die vorliegende Studie beschaftigt sich mit der romerzeitlichen Besiedlung des rechten Ober- und Hochrheingebiets...  Read More >>

"The valuing of old clothes as ""vintage"" and the recollection of the sartorial past, whether through second-hand...  Read More >>

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Material culture has emerged in recent decades as a significant theoretical concern for the study of religion. This...  Read More >>

In this book, Nina Sylvanus tells a captivating story of global trade and cross-cultural aesthetics in West Africa,...  Read More >>

In this book, Nina Sylvanus tells a captivating story of global trade and cross-cultural aesthetics in West Africa,...  Read More >>

Hundreds of 19th- and 20th-century curiosities and contraptions are catalogued in this amusing assembly of more...  Read More >>

Explore fifty of Yorkshire's most fascinating finds.  Read More >>

Making and Growing brings together the latest work in the fields of anthropology and material culture studies to...  Read More >>

The third edition of Crusader Archaeology updates previous editions to include coverage of important recent work...  Read More >>

Through the example of Central Pacific Railroad executives, Manufacturing the Modern Patron redirects attention...  Read More >>

This volume focuses on the notion of cultural landscape as a medium integrating multiple forms of heritage and points...  Read More >>

Examining the compelling and often poignant connection between women and the material culture of death, this collection...  Read More >>

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Hot Metal focuses on the experience of Australian print-workers between the 1960s and 1980s, concentrating on labour,...  Read More >>

Objects are the way in which we can touch the past, and they play a living role in history today. Surviving objects...  Read More >>

We are a product of nature. Every single cell of our body is made of, and depends, on nature. Our inner soul is...  Read More >>

Interweaving notions of identity and subjectivity, spatial contexts, materiality and meaning, this collection makes...  Read More >>

While attending to the material world, these case studies explicate the manner in which the tangible and intangible,...  Read More >>

While attending to the material world, these case studies explicate the manner in which the tangible and intangible,...  Read More >>

A major contribution to the field, this ground-breaking book explores design anthropology’s focus on futures and...  Read More >>

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