Tiina-Riitta Lappi & Heli Niskanenym. : Touching Things - Ethnological Aspects of Modern Material Culture
Material culture is something we can touch and can be touched by. It is simultaneously concrete artefacts and expression of values produced and shared by humans. But what is modern material culture like? Material culture has always played an essential role in ethnological studies. The object of ethnological study has been the culture itself, the life reflected in things and artefacts, and the beliefs that lie behind the material. But like the definitions of subjects and concepts, the very meaning of material culture in modern ethnology is manifold and therefore needs to be considered continuously and repeatedly anew. This book discusses material culture from various viewpoints, such as museums, everyday life and consuming. The focus is on modern things from honeymoon mementoes to sweaters and summer cottages. Articles are based on the papers presented in the IX Finnish-Hungarian Symposium on Ethnology which was held in Jyväskylä, Finland on 24 to 27 August 2006.
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Tekijä | Tiina-Riitta Lappi & Heli Niskanenym. |
Teoksen nimi | Touching Things - Ethnological Aspects of Modern Material Culture |
Kieli | englanti |
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