Materiell kultur

*Shortlisted for the BBC Radio 4 Thinking Allowed Award for Ethnography 2015*This book follows the global trail of one of the world's most unremarkable and ubiquitous objects - …

Memory and Agency in Ancient China offers a novel perspective on China's material culture. The volume explores the complex 'life histories' of selected objects, whose trajectories …

This book contributes significantly to book, image and media studies from an interdisciplinary, comparative point of view. Its broad perspective spans medieval manuscripts to …

The term ‘jar’ refers to any man-made shape with the capacity to enclose something. Few objects are as universal and multi-functional as a jar – regardless of whether they contain …

Ein Tausch ist eigennutzig, eine Gabe ist selbstlos? Geschenke sind Wegezolle auf der Suche nach der verlorenen Unschuld? Oder sind Gier und Gunst gar nicht unvertraglich; sondern …

The academic study of diamonds is as multi-faceted as the precious stones themselves. Mineralogists and geographers have written about them, as have historians and economists and …

The word "e;luxury"e; has almost lost its meaning. Once used to describe genuinely prestigious products or places, the concept of luxury has been hijacked by a multitude of …

Hulemalerier, et metall-korsett, en glassdildo fra 1500-tallet, en Singer-symaskin, Greta Garbos kulepenn, Chanel no. 5, støvsugeren, Tupperware, p-pillen og mobiltelefonen: Hva …

Drawing on the fields of design history and the history of science, this book examines the important role that botanical science played in the emergence of Victorian design theory. …

In A Room of One's Own, Virginia Woolf described fictions as 'grossly material things', rooted in their physical and economic contexts. This book takes Woolf's brief hint as its …