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Jewish American Material Culture
Abstract This chapter covers the typical methods and objects that Jewish studies scholars use for studying material culture. Scholars tend to examine three types of Jewish objects: Judaica, intimate possessions, and hyperobjects.openaire +1 more source
Material culture and social death: African-American burial practices
Historical Archaeology, 1995Orlando Patterson has proposed that the institution of slavery caused the “social death” of slaves, in that the inherited meanings of their ancestors were denied to them through control of their cultural practices by slave owners and overseers. A survey of archaeological evidence for mortuary practices in African-American society, however, shows that ...
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Introduction: Italian American Material Culture: Setting the Ground
2023According to Christopher Tilley, “The object world is [...] absolutely central to an understanding of the identities of individual persons and societies” (61). Objects and commodities serve as tangible representations of our past, present and future; they function as a medium that enables individuals and communities to express themselves, articulating ...
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The Challenge of Native American Art and Material Culture
Museum Anthropology, 1990Vast quantities of published and archival information on Native American/First Nation visual arts, crafts, and material culture exist. Researchers must be knowledgeable about numerous disciplines if they are is to perform a minimally adequate job when working on specific research problems.
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Introduction: Archives, Materiality, and Modern American Culture
2022Jesse W. Schwartz, Daniel Worden
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American Material Culture: The Shape of the Field
The William and Mary Quarterly, 1998Shirley Teresa Wajda +2 more
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Material Culture and the Study of American Life
The Journal of American History, 1979Perry R. Duis, Ian M. G. Quimby
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The Spanish American Crónica Modernista, Temporality and Material Culture
2012This study explores how Spanish American modernista writers incorporated journalistic formalities and industry models through the crónica genre to advance their literary preoccupations. Through a variety of modernista writers, including José Martí, Amado Nervo, Manuel Gutiérrez Nájera and Rubén Darío, Reynolds argues that extra-textual elements – such ...
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Native American Diabetes Project: Designing Culturally Relevant Education Materials
The Diabetes Educator, 1997J S, Carter +7 more
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Material properties and applications of mechanically interlocked polymers
Nature Reviews Materials, 2021Laura F Hart +2 more
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