What objects mean: an introduction to material culture

Contents

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.