Writing History: Writing Material Culture History

Gerritsen, A. and Riello, G. (eds)

ISBN 10: 147251856X / ISBN 13: 9781472518569

Published by Bloombury, 2015

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Writing History: Writing Material Culture History
• Publisher: Bloombury
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 147251856X
• ISBN 13: 9781472518569
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 650 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • History

About this title

Synopsis

Writing Material Culture History examines the methodologies currently used in the historical study of material culture. Touching on archaeology, art history, literary studies and anthropology, the book provides history students with a fundamental understanding of the relationship between artefacts and historical narratives. The role of museums, the impact of the digital age and the representations of objects in public history are just some of the issues addressed in a book that brings together key scholars from around the world.

A range of artefacts, including a 16th-century Peruvian crown and a 19th-century Alaskan Sea Lion overcoat, are considered, illustrating the myriad ways in which objects and history relate to one another. Bringing together scholars working in a variety of disciplines, this book provides a critical introduction for students interested in material culture, history and historical methodologies.

About the Authors

Anne Gerritsen is Professor of History at the University of Warwick, UK.

Giorgio Riello is Professor of Global History and Culture at the University of Warwick, UK.

Giorgio Riello is Professor of Global History and Culture and Director of the Warwick Institute of Advanced Study at the University of Warwick, UK.

Heiko Feldner is Senior Lecturer in Modern German History at Cardiff University, UK.

Heiko Feldner is co-director of the Centre for Ideology Critique and Žižek Studies at Cardiff University, UK. He is also the General Editor of Bloomsbury's Writing History series on historiography and historical theory, and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, London. A former lecturer in the departments of political economy and history at the University of Halle-Wittenberg, Germany, he has written several books, including Zizek: Beyond Foucault (with F. Vighi, Palgrave 2007).

Kevin Passmore is Professor of History at Cardiff University, UK.

Stefan Berger is Professor of Social History and Director of the Institute of Social Movements and the House for the History of the Ruhr at the Ruhr University Bochum, Germany. He is the author of numerous books, including Nationalizing the Past (2015) and Germany: Inventing the Nation (2004) and the editor of A Companion to Nineteenth-Century Europe: 1789-1914 (2009). He is, along with Kevin Passmore and Heiko Feldner, one of the Series Editors for Bloomsbury's successful student book series, Writing History.