ABSTRACT

This volume is an ethnographic study of material cultures. Incorporating local and global dimensions, a team of scholars explore the changing experiences of cultures in locations as disparate as the Philippines and Northern Ireland. Material culture and consumption studies have undergone something of a renaissance recently. This study provides an up-to-date analysis of a developing field in sociological and anthropological based courses.; This book is intended for undergraduate/MA courses on material culture and consumption within cultural studies and anthropology degree schemes.

part |21 pages

Introduction

chapter |19 pages

Why some things matter

part |66 pages

The public sphere

chapter |18 pages

The message in paper

chapter |20 pages

Calypso's consequences