These are great titles, and I look forward to the Oxford Handbook. I've
recently
put together a method/handbook collection on material culture to add to the
mix, but one written by colleagues in History (rather than anthropology or
archaeology).
http://www.routledge.com/books/History-and-Material-Culture-isbn9780415459327
Lots on meaning, some inclusion of archaeological data, but also the many other
approaches that historians take to material culture. I hope colleagues on this
list find it useful.
Karen Harvey
Department of History
University of Sheffield
Quoting dan Hicks <[log in to unmask]>:
> Yes, there are quite a few books along these lines appearing at the moment. I
> found Ian
> Woodward's "Understanding Material Culture" (Sage 2007) quite usable in the
> classroom,
> while Danny Miller's forthcoming book "Stuff" is accessible and worthwhile -
> http://www.polity.co.uk/book.asp?ref=9780745644233
>
> My own contribution to this field, the Oxford Handbook to Material Culture
> Studies (ed.
> with Mary C. Beaudry, and with contributions from quite a number of CHAT
> regulars) will
> be published early next year by OUP - and includes more archaeology than
> perhaps many
> of the aforementioned do. Archaeologists are usually, after all, interested
> in much more
> than Berger's focus on 'what objects mean'..
>
> D
>
>
> On Mon, 3 Aug 2009 10:00:58 +0100, pmgb <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> >Thought this sounded interesting
> >
> >P G-B
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> >Arthur Asa Berger
> >
> >April 2009, 312 pages, $34.95 Paper
> >
> >Objects, artifacts, and other forms of material culture are studied in
> >many different parts of the university. Yet, to date, there has been no
> >introductory book that allows students to understand the basic ways in
> >which material culture can be studied. Arthur Asa Berger provides a
> >brief, user-friendly guide for students learning what objects can mean.
> >He takes the reader through half a dozen theoretical models that are
> >commonly used to understand objects. He then describes and analyzes
> >fifteen objects, showing how they demonstrate ideas like authenticity,
> >globalization, and identity. Berger provides a series of exercises at
> >the end to allow students to do their own analyses of objects in their
> >environment. Brief and inexpensive enough to be included as a component
> >in courses ranging from anthropology to art history, pop culture to
> >psychology, Berger’s introductory guide to material culture will be of
> >use to many instructors and their students.
> >
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