Material culture books

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Bachelors of a Different Sort: Queer Aesthetics, Material Culture and the Modern Interior in Britain

Bachelors of a Different Sort: Queer Aesthetics, Material...

Author: John Potvin ,  Christopher Breward
ISBN: 9781784991098
Format: Paperback
$45.99

Carefully considers the complicated relationships between the modern queer bachelor and interior design, material...  Read More >>

Broadcasting Policy in Canada, Second Edition

Broadcasting Policy in Canada, Second Edition

Author: Robert Armstrong
ISBN: 9781442628236
Format: Paperback
$79.99

The second edition of Broadcasting Policy in Canada offers a comprehensive overview of the policies that provide...  Read More >>

Key Terms in Material Religion

Key Terms in Material Religion

Author: S. Brent Plate (Hamilton College, USA)
ISBN: 9781472595454
Format: Paperback
$74.99

"Material religion is a rapidly growing field, and this volume offers an accessible, critical entry into these new...  Read More >>

Key Terms in Material Religion

Key Terms in Material Religion

Author: S. Brent Plate (Hamilton College, USA)
ISBN: 9781472595461
Format: Hardback
$260.00

"Material religion is a rapidly growing field, and this volume offers an accessible, critical entry into these new...  Read More >>

Urban Squares: Spatio-Temporal Studies of Design & Everyday Life in the Oresund Region

Urban Squares: Spatio-Temporal Studies of Design & Everyday...

Author: Mattias Karrholm
ISBN: 9789187675492
Format: Hardback
$74.91

Urban Squares suggests a specific and fresh take on agorology - the study of urban squares. The compilation of cases...  Read More >>

The Global Lives of Things: The Material Culture of Connections in the Early Modern World

The Global Lives of Things: The Material Culture of...

Author: Anne Gerritsen ,  Giorgio Riello
ISBN: 9781138776661
Format: Hardback
$305.00

The Global Lives of Things considers the ways in which ‘things’, ranging from commodities to works of art and precious...  Read More >>

iMedia: The Gendering of Objects, Environments and Smart Materials

iMedia: The Gendering of Objects, Environments and Smart...

Author: Sarah Kember
ISBN: 9781137374844
Format: Hardback
$129.95

Drawing on science and technology studies and feminist theory, iMedia examines the gendering of imedia or smart...  Read More >>

Work, Consumption and Capitalism

Work, Consumption and Capitalism

Author: Lynne Pettinger (Department of Sociology, Coventry)
ISBN: 9781137342775
Format: Paperback
$83.95

A wide-ranging interdisciplinary study of the relations between work, consumption and capitalism. This engaging...  Read More >>

The Global Lives of Things: The Material Culture of Connections in the Early Modern World

The Global Lives of Things: The Material Culture of...

Author: Anne Gerritsen ,  Giorgio Riello
ISBN: 9781138776753
Format: Paperback
$101.00

The Global Lives of Things considers the ways in which ‘things’, ranging from commodities to works of art and precious...  Read More >>

Portrait of an Island: The Architecture and Material Culture of Gorée, Sénégal, 1758–1837

Portrait of an Island: The Architecture and Material...

Author: Mark Hinchman
ISBN: 9780803254138
Format: Hardback
$184.80

A work of architectural history, Portrait of an Island explores the material culture and social relations of West...  Read More >>

Spectacular Accumulation: Material Culture, Tokugawa Ieyasu, and Samurai Sociability

Spectacular Accumulation: Material Culture, Tokugawa...

Author: Morgan Pitelka ,  Bambang. Purwanto
ISBN: 9780824851576
Format: Hardback
$158.40

"In Spectacular Accumulation, Morgan Pitelka investigates the significance of material culture and sociability in...  Read More >>

Food and Knowledge in Renaissance Italy: Bartolomeo Scappi's Paper Kitchens

Food and Knowledge in Renaissance Italy: Bartolomeo...

Author: Deborah L Krohn ,  Dr. Allison Levy
ISBN: 9781409446712
Format: Hardback
$284.00

Though Bartolomeo Scappi's Opera (1570), the first illustrated cookbook, is well known to historians of food, up...  Read More >>

The Silent Life of Things: Reading and Representing Commodified Objecthood

The Silent Life of Things: Reading and Representing...

Author: Alan Munton ,  Daniela Rogobete
ISBN: 9781443883689
Format: Hardback
$216.35

The ever-growing interest in the analysis of materiality has found its expression in many studies of objects and...  Read More >>

Hotel

Hotel

Author: Joanna Walsh (Writer and Illustrator, UK)
ISBN: 9781628924732
Format: Paperback
$24.99

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. During...  Read More >>

Waste

Waste

Author: Dr. Brian Thill (Golden West College, USA)
ISBN: 9781628924367
Format: Paperback
$24.99

"""Waste ""explores the question: from nuclear waste to digital detritus, what can we learn about ourselves from...  Read More >>

Phone Booth

Phone Booth

Author: Ariana Kelly (Harvard-Westlake School, USA)
ISBN: 9781628924091
Format: Paperback
$24.99

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. The...  Read More >>

Refrigerator

Refrigerator

Author: Professor Jonathan Rees (Colorado State University - Pueblo, USA)
ISBN: 9781628924329
Format: Paperback
$24.99

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. It...  Read More >>

Glass

Glass

Author: Professor John S. Garrison (Independent Scholar, USA)
ISBN: 9781628924244
Format: Paperback
$19.99

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Pause...  Read More >>

Material Explorations in African Archaeology

Material Explorations in African Archaeology

Author: Insoll
ISBN: 9780199550067
Format: Hardback
$248.00

Material Explorations in African Archaeology examines materiality in African archaeology by exploring concepts of...  Read More >>

More-than-Human Sociology: A New Sociological Imagination

More-than-Human Sociology: A New Sociological Imagination...

Author: O. Pyyhtinen
ISBN: 9781137531834
Format: Hardback
$129.95

More-than-Human Sociology is a call for a bolder, more creative sociology. A fresh and innovative take on the promise...  Read More >>

Gizmos or: The Electronic Imperative: How Digital Devices have Transformed American Character and Culture

Gizmos or: The Electronic Imperative: How Digital Devices...

Author: Arthur Asa Berger
ISBN: 9781137575265
Format: Hardback
$129.95

With approaches ranging from semiotic theory to psychoanalytic theory, sociological theory to personal reflection,...  Read More >>

Coming to Senses: Topics in Sensory Archaeology

Coming to Senses: Topics in Sensory Archaeology

Author: José Roberto Pellini ,  Melisa A. Salerno
ISBN: 9781443874236
Format: Hardback
$189.95

Every culture conceives of the senses in different ways, establishing their own models and sensory hierarchies....  Read More >>

Gender and Material Culture in Britain since 1600

Gender and Material Culture in Britain since 1600

Author: Dr Jane Hamlett ,  Hannah Greig
ISBN: 9781137340641
Format: Paperback
$66.99

What does material culture tell us about gendered identities and how does gender reveal the meaning of spaces and...  Read More >>

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