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Edited by:
Daniel Miller
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With contributions by:
Lynn Meskell
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English
Published/Copyright:
2005
About this book
A collection of essays rethinking the current uses of material culture study in anthropology, including engagements with art, science, and technology.
Author / Editor information
Daniel Miller is Professor of Anthropology at University College London. He is the author of many books, including The Sari (with Mukulika Banerjee); Capitalism: An Ethnographic Approach; A Theory of Shopping; and The Internet: An Ethnographic Approach (with Don Slater). He is the editor, most recently, of Home Possessions: Material Culture behind Closed Doors and Car Cultures.
Reviews
“A milestone collection. Of all of the recent works on material culture available, this is the one that exposes the complete range of perspectives and theoretical strategies that the most noted scholars are trying out and the interdisciplinary connections and alliances that are shaping the field.”—George Marcus, Rice University
“There have been many recent stabs at the idea of materiality. With both authority and intellectual generosity, these anthropologists and their colleagues take us beyond ‘things’ and ‘objects’ to ask about concrete presences, qualities, surfaces, and the formation of phenomena. A magisterial and highly original collection.”—Marilyn Strathern, University of Cambridge
“This is first-class scholarship: lively, consequential, engaging, informed, and lucid. Daniel Miller and his colleagues explore—with imagination, ethnographic insight, and remarkable clarity—a range of related issues central to current debates within and beyond cultural anthropology.”—Donald Brenneis, University of California, Santa Cruz
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Michael Rowlands Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed |
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Publishing information
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
eBook published on:
July 18, 2005
eBook ISBN:
9780822386711
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
Main content:
304
Other:
7 b&w photos, 1 table
