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The Cambridge Handbook of Material Culture Studies

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Lu Ann De Cunzo, Catharine Dann Roeber, Julian Yates, Sarah Wasserman, Richard Hutchings, Claire Smith, Jordan Ralph, Cherrie De Lieuen, Kelli Pollard, Christóbal Gnecco, Bozena Shallcross, Laura McAtackney, Gretchen Sorin, Heather Fitzsimmons Frey, Marlis Schweitzer, Emily Moore, Anna Grasskamp, Magdalena Naum, Veronica Strang, Sebnem Timur Ogut, Timothy Carroll, Peter Roe, Ludovic Coupaye, Elijah Gaddis, Psyche Williams-Forson, Eleanor Casella, Linnea Kuglitsch, Gretchen Buggeln, Ryan Cordell, Natasha Chuk
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  • Date Published: June 2022
  • availability: Available
  • format: Hardback
  • isbn: 9781108474610

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  • Material culture studies is an interdisciplinary field that examines the relationships between people and their things: the production, history, preservation, and interpretation of objects. It draws on theory and practice from disciplines in the social sciences and humanities, such as anthropology, archaeology, history, and museum studies. Written by leading international scholars, this Handbook provides a comprehensive view of developments, methodologies and theories. It is divided into five broad themes, embracing both classic and emerging areas of research in the field. Chapters outline transformative moments in material culture scholarship, and present research from around the world, focusing on multiple material and digital media that show the scope and breadth of this exciting field. Written in an easy-to-read style, it is essential reading for students, researchers and professionals with an interest in material culture.

    • Offers a comprehensive account of material culture, exploring and challenging disciplinary boundaries
    • Includes dozens of case studies of material culture from around the world, including tools, human bodies, monuments, dress, household furnishings, books, landscapes, buildings, art, and more
    • Introduces theories and histories with examples in easy-to-understand language
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    • Date Published: June 2022
    • format: Hardback
    • isbn: 9781108474610
    • length: 800 pages
    • dimensions: 250 x 174 x 45 mm
    • weight: 1.44kg
    • availability: Available
  • Table of Contents

    1. Suitcases, selfies and the global environment: Material culture, materiality and the new materialism Lu Ann De Cunzo, Catharine Dann Roeber
    2. Materiality Julian Yates
    3. Representation Sarah Wasserman
    4. Disciplinary complicity: The university, material culture studies and global environmental crisis Richard Hutchings
    5. Social justice: Material drivers of inequality Claire Smith, Jordan Ralph, Cherrie De Lieuen, Kelli Pollard
    6. Engagement and the politics of authority Christóbal Gnecco
    7. War and violence: How to rescue a wartime Artifact Bozena Shallcross
    8. Material culture and heritage Laura McAtackney
    9. Material culture and the politics and profession of preservation and representation Gretchen Sorin
    10. Re-enacting the past Heather Fitzsimmons Frey, Marlis Schweitzer
    11. Indigenous heritage Emily Moore
    12. The matter of cultural exchange Anna Grasskamp
    13. Population movements Magdalena Naum
    14. Identity and agency Veronica Strang
    15. Modes of representation Sebnem Timur Ogut
    16. Aesthetics Timothy Carroll
    17. Objects are alive Peter Roe
    18. Technology Ludovic Coupaye
    19. Place Elijah Gaddis
    20. Home and domesticity Psyche Williams-Forson
    21. The materiality of institutional life Eleanor Casella, Linnea Kuglitsch
    22. Material religion Gretchen Buggeln
    23. Material culture of the digital Ryan Cordell
    24. Material/digital boundaries Natasha Chuk
    25. Boundaries and borderlands, inclusion and holism: Political and relevant material culture studies Lu Ann De Cunzo, Catharine Dann Roeber.

  • Editors

    Lu Ann De Cunzo, University of Delaware
    Lu Ann De Cunzo is Professor of Anthropology at University of Delaware. She is Past President of Society for Historical Archaeology, 2009-10. Notable publications include A Historical Archaeology of Delaware (2004), and Unlocking the Past (2005).

    Catharine Dann Roeber, Winterthur Museum, Delaware
    Catharine Roeber is Interim Director of Academic Programs and Brock W. Jobe Associate Professor of Decorative Arts and Material Culture at Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library affiliated with the University of Delaware. She is Executive Editor for the Winterthur Portfolio and is Co-founder of Consortium of Digital Decorative Arts (CODA).

    Contributors

    Lu Ann De Cunzo, Catharine Dann Roeber, Julian Yates, Sarah Wasserman, Richard Hutchings, Claire Smith, Jordan Ralph, Cherrie De Lieuen, Kelli Pollard, Christóbal Gnecco, Bozena Shallcross, Laura McAtackney, Gretchen Sorin, Heather Fitzsimmons Frey, Marlis Schweitzer, Emily Moore, Anna Grasskamp, Magdalena Naum, Veronica Strang, Sebnem Timur Ogut, Timothy Carroll, Peter Roe, Ludovic Coupaye, Elijah Gaddis, Psyche Williams-Forson, Eleanor Casella, Linnea Kuglitsch, Gretchen Buggeln, Ryan Cordell, Natasha Chuk

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