StuffISBN: 978-0-7456-4424-0
Paperback
220 pages
December 2009, Polity
Other Available Formats: Hardcover
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- Daniel Miller is one of the leading anthropologists in Britain today and is well known for his work on material culture
- This new book is a manifesto for the study of material culture. It lays out the key assumptions and concepts that Miller has developed for the study of material culture
- Miller demonstrates the usefulness of these concepts in a series of case studies, from clothing to the contents of households and the uses of mobile phones
- Based on more than thirty years of research in the Caribbean, India, London and elsewhere