Mundane objects
Subtitle: materiality and non-verbal communication
By: Pierre Lemonnier
Series: Critical cultural heritage series
Publisher: Left Coast Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Walnut Creek, CA
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781611320565; 9781611320589; 9781611326819
Subjects: Social aspects; Material culture; Technology; Nonverbal communication
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Too sturdy to be mundane : a baruya garden fence; title: Entwined by nature : eels, traps, and ritual; title: The anthropological complexity of unremarkable drums; title: Artefacts as images or how to relate relations; title: Racing-cars, dinky toys, and aging boys; title: What materiality means : objects as resonators; title: What's new? : blurring anthropological borders but keeping "technology" in mind"; title: The paradox of marginal changes.