Entangled Things: Objects Beyond Agency and Disposability

Informationen zum Autor Alison Hulme is an Associate Professor at the University of Northampton, UK, and Chair of the Global Studies Association, UK. Her previous books include On the Commodity Trail (2015) and A Brief History of Thrift (2019). Klappentext Entangled Things takes the concept of entanglement as its starting point in investigating the often unintentional relationship between us and the material things we are obsessed with or reliant on.Alison Hulme investigates our increasing, often unintentional, entanglement with objects and uses topical case studies to explore contemporary anthropological theories on entanglement. Zusammenfassung Entangled Things takes the concept of entanglement as its starting point in investigating the often unintentional relationship between us and the material things we are obsessed with or reliant on. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of IllustrationsAcknowledgementsIntroductionCh. 1: On Desiring ThingsCh. 2: On Hoarding ThingsCh. 3: On Inheriting ThingsCh. 4: On Making ThingsCh. 5: On Rejecting ThingsConclusionNotesReferencesIndex

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List of IllustrationsAcknowledgementsIntroductionCh. 1: On Desiring ThingsCh. 2: On Hoarding ThingsCh. 3: On Inheriting ThingsCh. 4: On Making ThingsCh. 5: On Rejecting ThingsConclusionNotesReferencesIndex

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Alison Hulme, Hulme Alison
• Editore: Bloomsbury Academic
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.05.2020
• EAN: 9781501339356
• ISBN: 978-1-5013-3935-6
• Pagine: 256
• Serie: Criminal Practice
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze sociali, tematiche generali; Anthropology, Society & culture: general, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Anthropocene;Entangled Things;Alison Hulme;material things