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Mundane objects : materiality and non-verbal communication /

This concise book shows the importance of objects that are considered ordinary by cultural outsiders and scholars, yet lie at the heart of the systems of thought and practices of their makers and users. This volume demonstrates the role of these objects in non-verbal communication, both in non-ritua...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lemonnier, Pierre, 1948-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Walnut Creek, CA : Left Coast Press, ©2012.
Colección:Publications of the Institute of Archaeology, University College London. Critical perspectives on cultural heritage ; 10.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Too sturdy to be mundane : a baruya garden fence
  • Entwined by nature : eels, traps, and ritual
  • The anthropological complexity of unremarkable drums
  • Artefacts as images or how to relate relations
  • Racing-cars, dinky toys, and aging boys
  • What materiality means : objects as resonators
  • What's new? : blurring anthropological borders but keeping "technology" in mind"
  • The paradox of marginal changes.