Craft and Social Inquiry (Paperback)

Crafting and craft objects intersect with all cultural domains: economic, social, political, and rituall. Craft goods are social objects that assume an importance beyond household maintenance and reproduction. They signify and legitimize group membership and social roles, and become reserves of wealth, storing intrinsically valuable materials and the labor invested in their manufacture. Specialized craft producers are actors involved in the creation and maintenance of social networks, wealth, and social legitimacy. Artisans and consumers must accept, create or negotiate the social legitimacy of production and the conditions of production and distribution, usually defined in terms of social identity. The nature of that process defines the organization of production and the social relations of production systems and explanations for their form and dynamic are destined to be unidimensional and unidirectional, lacking in key elements of social process and social behavior. This volume addresses the questions of artisan identify, social identify, and what these inquiries contribute to understandings about social organization and economic organization.

General

Imprint:	American Anthropological Association
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	APAZ - Archaeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association
Release date:	April 2012
Authors:	Cathy Lynne Costin • Rita P. Wright
Dimensions:	275 x 213 x 10mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Cloth over boards
Pages:	190
ISBN-13:	978-0-913167-90-8
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Family & relationships > General
LSN:	0-913167-90-8
Barcode:	9780913167908

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