Material culture books

German architecture prior to the modern period has received less systemic, analytical study than that of Italy,...  Read More >>

Bringing together established and emerging specialists in seventeenth-century Italian sculpture, Material Bernini...  Read More >>

Bringing together established and emerging specialists in seventeenth-century Italian sculpture, Material Bernini...  Read More >>

The modern traffic system is ecologically unsustainable, emotionally stressful, and poses a physical threat to individuals...  Read More >>

From the pencil to the puppet to the drone—the humanities and the social sciences continue to ride a wave of interest...  Read More >>

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This book posits the 'screen façade' as a counter-narrative critiquing the essentialist, 'authentic' canon currently...  Read More >>

Art history has enriched the study of material culture as a scholarly field. This interdisciplinary volume enhances...  Read More >>

Throughout human history luxury textiles have been used as a marker of importance, power and distinction. Yet, as...  Read More >>

De-centering the human,the essays collected in Elemental Ecocriticism provide importantcorrectives to the idea...  Read More >>

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De-centering the human,the essays collected in Elemental Ecocriticism provide importantcorrectives to the idea...  Read More >>

Material religion is a rapidly growing field, and this volume offers an accessible, critical entry into these new...  Read More >>

Material religion is a rapidly growing field, and this volume offers an accessible, critical entry into these new...  Read More >>

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Drawing on science and technology studies and feminist theory, iMedia examines the gendering of imedia or smart...  Read More >>

Written by a highly interdisciplinary range of contributors, New Worlds from Old Texts explores ancient Greek perceptions...  Read More >>

A wide-ranging interdisciplinary study of the relations between work, consumption and capitalism. This engaging...  Read More >>

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In Spectacular Accumulation, Morgan Pitelka investigates the significance of material culture and sociability in...  Read More >>

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Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. During...  Read More >>