Reading Material Culture

Reading Material Culture
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Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Total Pages : 368
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ISBN-10 : 0631172858
ISBN-13 : 9780631172857
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Book Synopsis Reading Material Culture by : Christopher Tilley

Download or read book Reading Material Culture written by Christopher Tilley and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 1991-01-16 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Central to any understanding of the significance of material objects, whether contemporary or prehistoric, is a discussion of the very nature of interpretation itself: how we 'read' artefacts and inscribe them into the present. This book examines the complex relations between material culture, social structures and social practices from structuralist, hermeneutical and post-structuralist viewpoints.


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