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Entangled Things: Objects Beyond Agency and Disposability (Hardcover)
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Entangled Things: Objects Beyond Agency and Disposability (Hardcover)
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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.
Hulme uses each chapter to focus on a specific ethnography to
illustrate a particular form of entanglement and uses this to
discuss specific theories that relate to, or are specifically
concerned with, entanglement. In so doing, Hulme encourages a wider
consideration of the place of humans in the world, and the kind of
choices we enact when influenced by the things we possess. Through
engagement with a variety of thought on our relationship with
things, including considering this relationship in light of ideas
of alienation (Marx), conspicuous consumption (Vehblen), class
(Baudrillard and Bourdieu), and more recently in terms of our place
as consumer-citizens (Trentmann) and as members of a connected
system in which human and non-human are blurred (Bennett, Latour,
Ingold) and as evidence of our own creative agency (Miller), Hulme
advances the concept of entanglement as the best means through
which this relationship can be viewed. Rather than being something
that is 'messy' in a simplistic way, Hulme conveys how political
intricacies abound in the things with which we become entangled,
regardless of how much agency we do or do not have in each specific
scenario. Carefully weaving together established theory and
practical ethnography, this is a must-read for students of
anthropology, cultural studies, psychology and material culture.
General
| Imprint: |
Routledge
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| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
February 2024 |
| First published: |
2020 |
| Authors: |
Alison Hulme
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| Dimensions: |
234 x 156mm (L x W) |
| Format: |
Hardcover - Cloth over boards / With dust jacket
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| Pages: |
256 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-5013-3935-6 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
General
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| LSN: |
1-5013-3935-4 |
| Barcode: |
9781501339356 |
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