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Materiality and Society

Materiality and Society

Dant, Tim

Paperback

Gifts & Stationery GeneralAnthropologyGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 033520855X
ISBN13: 9780335208555
Publisher: Open Univ Pr
Published: Dec 1 2004
Pages: 184
Weight: 0.67
Height: 0.52 Width: 6.06 Depth: 8.92
Language: English

The traditional approach to culture focuses on the symbolic meanings of objects rather than the impact that these objects have on contemporary life. Using the car as a recurring theme, Tim Dant challenges the well-established idea that consumption is the principal relationship with things in our lives and argues that it is through material interaction with the objects around us that we confront our society.

Drawing on, and debating with, historical, philosophical, and theoretical discourses that address materiality, this book is of interest to students and researchers in a variety of disciplines, including sociology, anthropology, cultural studies, and technology studies.

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