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174 produkter
Stuff
Häftad, 2009
4,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
254 kr
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Things make us just as much as we make things. And yet, unlike the study of languages or places, there is no discipline devoted to the study of material things. This book shows why it is time to acknowledge and confront this neglect and how much we can learn from focusing our attention on stuff. …
Why Women Wear What They Wear
Av Sophie Woodward, Daniel Miller
Häftad, 2007
473 kr
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Each morning we establish an image and an identity for ourselves through the simple act of getting dressed. Why Women Wear What They Wear presents an intimate ethnography of clothing choice. The book uses real women's lives and clothing decisions - observed and discussed at the moment of getting …
Unwrapping Christmas
Av Miller, Daniel Miller
Häftad, 1995
968 kr
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In an age of secularization and the decline of ritual, Christmas has emerged as the most promising candidate for the first global festival, celebrated not only in the Christian West, but in many countries with either a minority or no Christian population. How is it that Christmas is not merely …
Material Cultures Co-Publicati
Inbunden, 1998
1598 kr
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A collection of case studies which move from the domestic sphere to the global arena, this work includes examinations of the soundscape produced by home radios, catalogue shopping, the role of paper in the workplace, and the relation between the production and consumption of Coca-Cola in Trinidad. …
Material Cultures Co-Publicati
Häftad, 1998
648 kr
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A collection of case studies which move from the domestic sphere to the global arena, this work includes examinations of the soundscape produced by home radios, catalogue shopping, the role of paper in the workplace, and the relation between the production and consumption of Coca-Cola in Trinidad. …
Dialectics of Shopping
Inbunden, 2001
1229 kr
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Shopping is generally considered to be a pleasurable activity. But in reality it can often be complicated and frustrating. Daniel Miller explores the many contradictions faced by shoppers on a typical street in London, and in the process offers a sophisticated examination of the way we shop, and …
Dialectics of Shopping
Häftad, 2001
324 kr
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Shopping is generally considered to be a pleasurable activity. But in reality it can often be complicated and frustrating. Daniel Miller explores the many contradictions faced by shoppers on a typical street in London, and in the process offers a sophisticated examination of the way we shop, and …
Acknowledging Consumption
Häftad, 1995
647 kr
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A multi-disciplinary overview providing new theories, critical analyses and the latest reasearch on this very fashionable topic. Includes chapters on consumption studies in anthropology, economics, history, sociology and many more areas.
Worlds Apart: Modernity Through the Prism of the Local
Inbunden, 1995
2510 kr
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Worlds Apart is concerned with one of the new futures of anthropology, namely the advances in technologies which r eate an imagination of new global and local forms. It also analyses studies of the consumption of these forms and attempts to go beyond the assumptions that consumption either …
Worlds Apart: Modernity Through the Prism of the Local
Häftad, 1995
647 kr
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Worlds Apart is concerned with one of the new futures of anthropology, namely the advances in technologies which r eate an imagination of new global and local forms. It also analyses studies of the consumption of these forms and attempts to go beyond the assumptions that consumption either …
Domination and Resistance
Av Daniel Miller, Michael Rowlands m. fl.
Häftad, 1995
822 kr
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The nature of power - one of the central concerns in social science - is the main theme of this wide-ranging book. Introducing a much broader historical and geographical comparative understanding of domination and resistance than is available elsewhere, the editors and contributors offer a wealth …
Shopping, Place and Identity
Av Peter Jackson, Michael Rowlands m. fl.
Inbunden, 1998
2439 kr
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Engages in key debates in contemporary consumption and identity studies, yet presents a firmly grounded study that will complement the more speculative writing about shopping, place and identity that has developed in recent years.
Shopping, Place and Identity
Av Peter Jackson, Michael Rowlands m. fl.
Häftad, 1998
799 kr
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Engages in key debates in contemporary consumption and identity studies, yet presents a firmly grounded study that will complement the more speculative writing about shopping, place and identity that has developed in recent years.
Consumption
Critical Concepts in the Social Sciences
2001
24465 kr
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These volumes comprise the most extensive guide to past and current research on the topic of consumption ever created. Ranging from the classic discussions of a century and more ago to the latest evidence for the diversity of consumption as it is actually practiced, this set is an essential …
Migration and New Media
Transnational Families and Polymedia
Av Mirca Madianou, Daniel Miller
Inbunden, 2011
2510 kr
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How do parents and children care for each other when they are separated because of migration? The way in which transnational families maintain long-distance relationships has been revolutionised by the emergence of new media such as email, instant messaging, social networking sites, webcam and …
Migration and New Media
Transnational Families and Polymedia
Av Mirca Madianou, Daniel Miller
Häftad, 2011
647 kr
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How do parents and children care for each other when they are separated because of migration? The way in which transnational families maintain long-distance relationships has been revolutionised by the emergence of new media such as email, instant messaging, social networking sites, webcam and …
Animal Ethics and Theology
The Lens of the Good Samaritan
Inbunden, 2011
2510 kr
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In this book, Daniel K. Miller articulates a new vision of human and animal relationships based on the foundational love ethic within Christianity. Framed around Jesus’ parable of the Good Samaritan, Animal Ethics and Theology thoughtfully examines the shortcomings of utilitarian and rights-based …
Blue Jeans
The Art of the Ordinary
Av Daniel Miller, Sophie Woodward
Häftad, 2012
263 kr
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This fresh and accessible ethnography offers a new vision of how society might cohere, in the face of on-going global displacement, dislocation, and migration. Drawing from intensive fieldwork in a highly diverse North London neighborhood, Daniel Miller and Sophie Woodward focus on an everyday …
Blue Jeans
The Art of the Ordinary
Av Sophie Woodward, Daniel Miller
E-bok, 2012
433 kr
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This fresh and accessible ethnography offers a new vision of how society might cohere, in the face of on-going global displacement, dislocation, and migration. Drawing from intensive fieldwork in a highly diverse North London neighborhood, Daniel Miller and Sophie Woodward focus on an everyday …
Ideology, Power and Prehistory
Av Daniel Miller, Christopher Tilley m. fl.
Häftad, 2008
586 kr
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This book starts from the premise that methodology - the procedures for obtaining an 'objective' knowledge of the past - has always dominated archaeology to the detriment of broader social theory. It argues that social theory is archaeological theory, and that past failure to recognise this has …
Artefacts as Categories
A Study of Ceramic Variability in Central India
Häftad, 2009
586 kr
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The aim of Artefacts as Categories is to ask what we can learn about a society from the variability of the objects it produces. Dr Miller presents a comprehensive analysis of the pottery produced in a single village in central India, drawing together and analysing a whole range of aspects - …
Material Culture and Mass Consumerism
Häftad, 1997
538 kr
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Exploring materialism and social relationships in modern cultureMaterial Culture and Mass Consumption offers an in-depth exploration of objects, objectification, ideology, and materialism in modern society. Drawing from Hegel, Marx, Munn, and Simmel, the discussion delves into the physicality of …
Theory of Shopping
Inbunden, 1998
830 kr
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A Theory of Shopping offers a highly original perspective on one of our most basic everyday activities - shopping. We commonly assume that shopping is primarily concerned with individuals and materialism. But Miller rejects this assumption and follows the surprising route of analysing shopping by …
Theory of Shopping
Häftad, 1998
235 kr
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A Theory of Shopping offers a highly original perspective on one of our most basic everyday activities - shopping. We commonly assume that shopping is primarily concerned with individuals and materialism. But Miller rejects this assumption and follows the surprising route of analysing shopping by …
Tales from Facebook
E-bok, 2013
294 kr
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Facebook is now used by nearly 500 million people throughout the world, many of whom spend several hours a day on this site. Once the preserve of youth, the largest increase in usage today is amongst the older sections of the population. Yet until now there has been no major study of the impact of …
Comfort of Things
Inbunden, 2008
830 kr
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What do we know about ordinary people in our towns and cities, about what really matters to them and how they organize their lives today? This book visits an ordinary street and looks into thirty households. It reveals the aspirations and frustrations, the tragedies and accomplishments that are …
Comfort of Things
Häftad, 2009
218 kr
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What do we know about ordinary people in our towns and cities, about what really matters to them and how they organize their lives today? This book visits an ordinary street and looks into thirty households. It reveals the aspirations and frustrations, the tragedies and accomplishments that are …
Stuff
Inbunden, 2009
830 kr
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Things make us just as much as we make things. And yet, unlike the study of languages or places, there is no discipline devoted to the study of material things. This book shows why it is time to acknowledge and confront this neglect and how much we can learn from focusing our attention on stuff. …
Au Pair
Av Daniel Miller, Zuzana Burikova
Inbunden, 2010
776 kr
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Many families leave their children for years to be looked after by young people about whom they know next to nothing, from places they have barely heard of. Who are these au pairs, why do they come and what is their experience of this arrangement? Do they, for their part, find that they are treated …
Au Pair
Av Daniel Miller, Zuzana Burikova
Häftad, 2010
245 kr
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Many families leave their children for years to be looked after by young people about whom they know next to nothing, from places they have barely heard of. Who are these au pairs, why do they come and what is their experience of this arrangement? Do they, for their part, find that they are treated …
