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Title
A material culture
Type
Text
Monograph
Contribution
Wynne-Jones, Stephanie (Author)
Subject
Material culture--Africa, East (LCSH)
Africa, East--Civilization (LCSH)
Archaeology--Africa, East (LCSH)
Swahili-speaking peoples--Africa, East--Social life and customs (LCSH)
Swahili-speaking peoples--Africa, East--History (LCSH)
Civilization (FAST)
Archaeology (FAST)
Material culture (FAST)
Swahili-speaking peoples (FAST)
Swahili-speaking peoples--Social life and customs (FAST)
Africa, East (LCSH)
Sachkultur (GND)
Ostafrika (GND)
Genre Form
History (FAST)
Language
English
Illustrative Content
Illustrations
Maps
Plates
Geographic Coverage
Classification
LCC: DT428 .W95 2016 (Assigner: dlc) (Status: used by assigner)
DDC: 960 full
Supplementary Content
bibliography
index
Content
text
cartographic image
Summary
"A Material Culture focuses on objects in Swahili society through the elaboration of an approach that sees both people and things as caught up in webs of mutual interaction. It therefore provides both a new theoretical intervention in some of the key themes in material culture studies, including the agency of objects and the ways they were linked to social identities, through the development of the notion of a biography of practice. These theoretical discussions are explored through the archaeology of the Swahili, on the Indian Ocean coast of eastern Africa. This book suggests that the Swahili are a highly-significant case study for exploration of the relationship between objects and people in the past, as the society was constituted and defined through a particular material setting. Further, it is suggested that this relationship was subtly different than in other areas, and particularly from western models that dominate prevailing analysis. The case is made for an alternative form of materiality, perhaps common to the wider Indian Ocean world, with an emphasis on redistribution and circulation rather than on the accumulation of wealth. The reader will therefore gain familiarity with a little-known and fascinating culture, as well as appreciating the ways that non-western examples can add to our theoretical models."-- Provided by publisher.
Table Of Contents
Machine generated contents note: 1. A Material Culture: Introduction
2. Objects in the Swahili World
3. Kilwa Kisiwani: Establishing a Town
4. Vumba Kuu: Negotiating Similarity and Difference
5. Moving Inland from the Coast
6. Community and Identity in Material Culture
7. The Indian Ocean before the Arrival of Europeans
8. Swahili Material Worlds.
Authorized Access Point
Wynne-Jones, Stephanie A material culture
Admin Metadata
Generation Process: DLC marc2bibframe2 v2.5.0
Status: changed
Encoding Level: full
Identified By: bf:Local, 18808432
Change Date: 2017-07-06T09:59:08
Creation Date: 2015-10-06
Description Language: English
Description Modifier: United States, Library of Congress
Description Authentication: LC Copy Cataloging
Assigner: ERASA