What objects mean: an introduction to material culture

Part I: Theoretical approaches to material culture. Chapter 1. Making sense of material culture

Chapter 2 A Freudian psychoanalytic approach

Chapter 3. Semiotic approaches to material culture

Chapter 4. Sociological analysis of material culture

Chapter 5. Economic theory, Marxism, and material culture

Chapter 6. Cultural theory and material culture

Chapter 7. Archaeological theory and material culture

Part II. Applications. 8. Authenticity

9. Context

10. Exchange

11. Style

12. Technology

13. Globalization

14. Gender

15. Identity

16. Transformation

17. Reality

18. Religion

19. Shape

20. Representation

Part III. Material culture games. The artifacts inventory game

The time capsule game

Disciplinary perspectives on objects

The grid-group theory and objects game

The objects and personal identity game

The signifying objects game

Disciplinary writing exercise

The analyzing artifact advertisements game

The id/ego/superego objects game

The functions of objects game.