The book is well written. If you are already familiar with the key theories behind the studies of material culture it may get a bit repetitive. As a faculty member at a top US university, I teach a grad-level course in Material Culture

The book is well written. But this repetition is part of what makes it a strong introduction. There are introductions to key philosophers and theorists and each chapter has a nice summary. As a faculty member at a top US university, I teach a grad-level course in Material Culture. This book looks like it would be really quite appropriate as a sort of early-in-the-course basic text. It would save me valuable contact time, as I'd not have to lecture this material.

It is filled with gems of conceptual insight and empirical discovery.

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Material culture is the aspect of social reality grounded in the objects and architecture . Woodward, Ian (2007).

Material culture is the aspect of social reality grounded in the objects and architecture that surround people. The scholarly analysis of material culture, which can include both human made and natural or altered objects, is called material culture studies. It is an interdisciplinary field and methodology that tells of the relationships between people and their things: the making, history, preservation, and interpretation of objects. It draws on both theory and practice from the social sciences and humanities such. New York, New York: SAGE Publications Ltd. ISBN 978-0761942269.

Understanding Material Culture. This book offers a systematic overview of the diverse ways of studying the material as culture. By (author) Ian Woodward. It is filled with gems of conceptual insight and empirical discovery. Surveying the field of material culture studies through an examination and synthesis of classical and contemporary scholarship on objects, commodities, consumption, and symbolization, this book

Understanding material culture Woodward, Ian Sage Publications 9780761942252 : Why are i-pods and mobile phones .

This book offers a systematic overview of the diverse ways of studying the material as culture. First published 2007.