Mundane objects : materiality and non-verbal communication / Pierre Lemonnier.

Author/creator Lemonnier, Pierre, 1948-
Format Book
Publication InfoWalnut Creek, CA : Left Coast Press, ©2012.
Description205 pages ; 24 cm.
Subjects

SeriesCritical cultural heritage series ; 10
Publications of the Institute of Archaeology, University College London. Critical perspectives on cultural heritage ; 10. ^A1054150
Contents Introduction -- Too sturdy to be mundane : a baruya garden fence -- Entwined by nature : eels, traps, and ritual -- The anthropological complexity of unremarkable drums -- Artefacts as images or how to relate relations -- Racing-cars, dinky toys, and aging boys -- What materiality means : objects as resonators -- What's new? : blurring anthropological borders but keeping "technology" in mind" -- The paradox of marginal changes.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p.179-191) and index.
LCCN 2012022467
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