Asa Berger Arthur - What Objects Mean An Introduction To Material Culture - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: Arthur Asa Berger author of an array of texts in communication popular culture and social theory is back with the second edition of his popular user - friendly guide for students who want to understand the social meanings of objects. In this broadly interdisciplinary text Berger takes the reader through half a dozen theoretical models that are commonly used to analyze objects. He then describes and analyzes eleven objects many of them new to this edition including smartphones Facebook hair dye and the American flag showing how they demonstrate concepts like globalization identity and nationalism. The book includes a series of exercises that allow students to analyse objects in their own environment. Brief and inexpensive this introductory guide will be used in courses ranging from anthropology to art history pop culture to psychology.
Title: What Objects Mean An Introduction To Material Culture
Author(s): Asa Berger Arthur
Publisher: Left Coast Press Inc
Barcode: 9781611329049
Pages: 272 Pages
Publication Date: 6/1/2014
Category: Material Culture