The Oxford handbook of material culture studies /

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Imprint:Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Description:xvi, 774 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Language:English
Series:Oxford handbooks
Oxford handbooks.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8147905
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Varying Form of Title:Material culture studies
Other authors / contributors:Hicks, Dan, 1972-
Beaudry, Mary Carolyn, 1950-
ISBN:9780199218714 (hbk. : acid-free paper)
0199218714 (hbk. : acid-free paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [646]-758) and index.
Summary:"The Oxford Handbook of Material Culture Studies introduces and reviews current thinking in the interdisciplinary field of material culture studies. Drawing together approaches from archaeology, anthropology, geography, and Science and Technology Studies, through twenty-eight specially commissioned essays by leading international researchers, the volume explores contemporary issues and debates in a series of themed sections--Disciplinary Perspectives, Material Practices, Objects and Humans, Landscapes and the Built Environment, and Studying Particular Things. From Coca-Cola, chimpanzees, artworks, and ceramics, to museums, cities, human bodies, and magical objects, the Handbook is an essential resource for anyone with an interest in materiality and the place of material objects in human social life, both past and present. A comprehensive bibliography enhances its usefulness as a research tool."--Publisher's website.
Other form:Online version: Oxford handbook of material culture studies. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010