Things in Motion: Object Itineraries in Anthropological Practice

by Rosemary A. Joyce (Editor), Susan D. Gillespie (Editor)

Overview

Complementing the concept of object biography, the contributors to this volume use the complex construct of itineraries to trace the places in which objects come to rest or are active, the routes through which things circulate, and the means by which they are moved.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781938645501
Publisher:	University of New Mexico Press
Publication date:	06/09/2015
Series:	School for Advanced Research Advanced Seminar Series
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Rosemary A. Joyce is the Alice S. Davis Endowed Chair in Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley. Her many publications include Gender and Power in Prehispanic Mesoamerica and Ancient Bodies, Ancient Lives: Sex, Gender, and Archaeology.

Susan D. Gillespie is a professor of anthropology at the University of Florida and the coeditor of Beyond Kinship: Social and Material Reproduction in House Societies.

Editorial Reviews

Things in Motion offers a refreshing and provocative perspective that moves scholars beyond a biographical approach to objects and toward a consideration of their dynamic routes and itineraries. Global examples drawn from archaeological and museum contexts illustrate the persuasive power of these new intellectual developments. This volume will prove essential reading for all archaeologists and anthropologists currently engaged in theorizing the material world.
—Lynn Meskell, Department of Anthropology, Director, Stanford Archaeology Center

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