What objects mean : an introduction to material culture / Arthur Asa Berger.

Collection type	Library
Author	Berger, Arthur Asa, 1933-;
Call Number	PFS
Document type	Monograph
Year	c2009.
Pagination	248 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.
Publisher	Left Coast Press,
Note	Formerly CIP. Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-232) and index.
Place made	Walnut Creek, Calif. :

Abstract

Pt. I. Theoretical Approaches to Material Culture -- Ch. 1. Making Sense of Material Culture -- Ch. 2. A Freudian Psychoanalytic Approach -- Ch. 3. Semiotic Approaches to Material Culture -- Ch. 4. Sociological Analysis of Material Culture -- Ch. 5. Econo mic Theory, Marxism, and Material Culture -- Ch. 6. Cultural Theory and Material Culture -- Ch. 7. Archaeological Theory and Material Culture -- Pt. II. Applications -- Ch. 8. Authenticity -- Paintings of Prince Henry -- Ch. 9. Context -- Mirrors -- Ch. 1 0. Exchange -- Kula Objects -- Ch. 11. Style -- Blue Jeans -- Ch. 12. Technology -- Cell Phones -- Ch. 13. Globalization -- Coca-Cola -- Ch. 14. Gender -- Cosmetics -- Ch. 15. Identity -- Air Jordans -- Ch. 16. Transformation -- Books -- Ch. 17. Reality - - Digital Cameras -- Ch. 18. Religion -- Rangda Masks -- Ch. 19. Shape -- Milk Cartons -- Ch. 20. Representation -- The Tokyo Subway System -- Pt. III. Material Culture Games -- The Artifacts Inventory Game. The Time Capsule Game -- Disciplinary Perspectives on Objects -- The Grid-Group Theory and Objects Game -- The Objects and Personal Identity Game -- The Signifying Objects Game -- Disciplinary Writing Exercise -- The Analyzing Artifact Advertisements Game -- The Id/Ego/Superego Objects Game -- The Functions of Objects Game.