{"product_id":"metaphor-and-material-culture-isbn-9780631192022","title":"Metaphor and Material Culture","description":"This book provides an innovative contribution to debates about the use of metaphor in the social sciences written by one of today's foremost archaeological theorists.  Contents: Preface. \u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Tables.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Metaphor and the constitution of the world:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Metaphor in language, thought and culture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Solid metaphor: the analysis of material forms.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Text, artefact, art:\u003c\/b\u003e Introduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Frozen metaphor: megaliths in texts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. The metaphorical transformations of Wala canoes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Body metaphors in southern Scandinavian rock art.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Landscapes and a sense of place:\u003c\/b\u003e Introduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. The beach in the sky.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Performing culture in the global village.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Conclusions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e  \"\u003ci\u003eMetaphor and Material Culture\u003c\/i\u003e should win many converts, for it is his best book so far ... No one need feel inhibited from reading this study. In fact it has important lessons for all of us.\" \u003ci\u003eCambridge Archaeological Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c!--end--\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This is an innovative book which raises important issues relevant to students of material culture.\" \u003ci\u003eGeorge Bankes, University of Manchester, Journal of The Royal Anthropological Institute\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eChristopher Tilley\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Material Culture in the Department of Anthropology and the Institute of Archaeology, University College London. He is the author of many books relating social theory to the study of material forms. Recent publications include \u003ci\u003eInterpretative Archaeology\u003c\/i\u003e (editor, 1993), \u003ci\u003eA Phenomenology of Landscape\u003c\/i\u003e (1994) and \u003ci\u003eAn Ethnography of the Neolithic\u003c\/i\u003e (1996).  This book provides an innovative contribution to debates about the use of metaphor in the social sciences written by one of today's foremost archaeological theorists. Christopher Tilley combines theoretical interpretation with practical examples to show the significance of the concept of metaphor in the study and writing of material forms. \u003cp\u003e The first part of the book provides an overview of the use and value of the notion of metaphor in its broadest sense. Tilley argues that without metaphor human communication would be almost impossible and he shows how metaphors provide the basis for an interpretative understanding of the world. He then presents three archaeological and ethnographic studies of metaphors chosen to demonstrate the richness of the concept for understanding texts, objects and artworks. Part III of the book examines metaphor more specifically in relation to the social construction of landscape and the meaning of place in the prehistoric past and the present. The author concludes by developing elements of a theory of material forms as \"solid metaphor\". The book will be of interest to all those examining metaphor in its various applications.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989613625573,"sku":"NP9780631192022","price":124.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780631192022.jpg?v=1761784812","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/metaphor-and-material-culture-isbn-9780631192022","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}