What Objects Mean: An Introduction to Material Culture

by Arthur Asa Berger

Book Overview

Arthur Asa Berger, author of an array of texts in communication, popular culture, and social theory, is back with the second edition of his popular, user-friendly guide for students who want to understand the social meanings of objects. In this broadly interdisciplinary text, Berger takes the reader through half a dozen theoretical models that are commonly used to analyze objects. He then describes and analyzes eleven objects, many of them new to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611329043
• ISBN13: 9781611329049
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"