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oapen-20.500.12657-335012021-11-12T16:31:28Z Things in Culture, Culture in Things Kannike, Anu Laviolette, Patrick material culture technologies consumption collecting waste home bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFC Cultural studies This volume addresses the dynamics of materiality over time and space. In cross-cultural, multi-temporal and interdisciplinary studies the authors examine how things gain meaning and status, generate a multitude of emotions, and feed into the propagation of myths, narratives and discourses. The book is divided according to four themes: soft objects, stoic stories, consuming and the collectable, and waste and technologies. The first section discusses the meanings of the lived environment on the individual and national levels. The second section provides specific examples on the role of things in identity construction. The third section focuses on historical and contemporary aspects of consumption and collecting. The phenomena under scrutiny in the fourth section are moral dilemmas associated with and representations of dirt/waste and advancements in science and technology. Presenting diverse case studies of material culture, the volume points to rich interdisciplinary approaches in cultural theory. 2014-01-15 00:00:00 2020-04-01T14:49:01Z 2020-04-01T14:49:01Z 2013 book 463505 OCN: 1030814577 2228-060X (print);2228-4117 (online);2228-411 9789949323951 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/33501 eng Approaches to Culture Theory application/pdf n/a 463505.pdf http://www.tyk.ee/culture-studies/00000011320 University of Tartu Press 10.26530/OAPEN_463505 10.26530/OAPEN_463505 fed215d9-bf7f-466c-a9f3-5510b4847c64 9789949323951 3 310 Tartu open access
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This volume addresses the dynamics of materiality over time and space. In cross-cultural, multi-temporal and interdisciplinary studies the authors examine how things gain meaning and status, generate a multitude of emotions, and feed into the propagation of myths, narratives and discourses. The book is divided according to four themes: soft objects, stoic stories, consuming and the collectable, and waste and technologies. The first section discusses the meanings of the lived environment on the individual and national levels. The second section provides specific examples on the role of things in identity construction. The third section focuses on historical and contemporary aspects of consumption and collecting. The phenomena under scrutiny in the fourth section are moral dilemmas associated with and representations of dirt/waste and advancements in science and technology. Presenting diverse case studies of material culture, the volume points to rich interdisciplinary approaches in cultural theory.
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