Berger, Arthur Asa <br/><br/>
What objects mean :  an introduction to material culture / 
Arthur Asa Berger. 
 - 248 p. :  ill., map ;  23 cm. 
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<br/><br/>Part I: Theoretical approaches to material culture. Chapter 1. Making sense of material culture -- Chapter 2 A Freudian psychoanalytic approach -- Chapter 3. Semiotic approaches to material culture -- Chapter 4. Sociological analysis of material culture -- Chapter 5. Economic theory, Marxism, and material culture -- Chapter 6. Cultural theory and material culture -- Chapter 7. Archaeological theory and material culture -- Part II. Applications. 8. Authenticity -- 9. Context -- 10. Exchange -- 11. Style -- 12. Technology -- 13. Globalization -- 14. Gender -- 15. Identity -- 16. Transformation -- 17. Reality -- 18. Religion -- 19. Shape -- 20. Representation -- Part 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781598744118 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781598744101 (hardcover : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Maddi kültür<br/>Material culture<br/>Maddi kültür--Felsefe<br/>Material culture--Philosophy
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>GN406  / .B473 2009