Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-218) and index.
Contents
Introduction : the cairn and the mini-strip -- Consuming or living with things? -- Fetishism and the social value of objects -- Building and dwelling -- Wearing it out : written and material clothing -- Playing with things : interacting with a windsurfer -- Objects in time : modernity and biography -- Turn it on : objects that mediate -- Who's what? people as objects.
