Material culture : a research guide

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Material culture : a research guide

Kenneth L. Ames ... [et al.] ; edited by Thomas J. Schlereth

University Press of Kansas, c1985

  • pbk.

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注記

Includes bibliographies and index

収録内容

  • Material culture and cultural research / Thomas J. Schlereth
  • Learning from looking / Peirce F. Lewis
  • The power of things / Dell Upton
  • The stuff of everyday life, American decorative arts, household furnishings / Kenneth L. Ames
  • The history of technology and the study of material culture / Carroll W. Pursell, Jr
  • Visible proofs / Simon J. Bronner
  • Social history scholarship and material culture research / Thomas J. Schlereth
  • A guide to general research resources / Thomas J. Schlereth

内容説明・目次

巻冊次

ISBN 9780700602742

目次

Material culture and cultural research / Thomas J. Schlereth -- Learning from looking / Peirce F. Lewis -- The power of things / Dell Upton -- The stuff o everyday life, American decorative arts, household furnishings / Kenneth L. Ames -- The history oftechnology and the study of material culture / Carroll Pursell, Jr. -- Visible proofs / Simon J. Bronner -- Social history scholars and material culture research / Thomas J. Schlereth -- A guide to general research resources / Thomas J. Schlereth.
巻冊次

pbk. ISBN 9780700602759

内容説明

This collection of essays brings together six distinguished scholars to examine the progress, problems, and potential of material culture studies in America. From the perspective of their respective disciplines--cultural geography, vernacular architecture, American studies, the history of technology, the decorative arts, and folklife studies--these widely respected authorities survey the major material culture research of the past two decades and assess the most creative and innovative work-in-progress. Thomas J. Schlereth's introductory chapter provides a critical analysis of material culture evidence, articulating the distinctive quality of such data and focusing on the problematic nature of doing research with objects rather than with written records. The chapters that follow, five of which originally appeared in 1983 in a special issue of American Quarterly, represent a succinct summary of those fields and subfields of material culture scholarship that are at the cutting edge of current research. The volume includes an expanded, up-to-date bibliography that will be of use to a wide range of scholars. Today American material culture studies remains a field where the most innovative work is occurring at the local or regional level. The essays in this volume suggest, however, that such work will be part of the wider evidential base and broader interpretive strategy out of which a new synthesis may develop.

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