Reading Material Culture
Author | : Christopher Tilley |
Publisher | : Wiley-Blackwell |
Total Pages | : 368 |
Release | : 1991-01-16 |
ISBN-10 | : 0631172858 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780631172857 |
Rating | : 4/5 (857 Downloads) |
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.