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Author Falls, Susan, author.

Title Clarity, Cut, and Culture : the Many Meanings of Diamonds.

Imprint New York : NYU Press, 2014.

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Description 1 online resource (238 pages)
text txt rdacontent
computer c rdamedia
online resource cr rdacarrier
Note Print version record.
Summary Images of diamonds appear everywhere in American culture. And everyone who has a diamond has a story to tell about it. Our stories about diamonds not only reveal what we do with these tiny stones, but also suggest how we create value, meaning, and identity through our interactions with material culture in general. Things become meaningful through our interactions with them, but how do people go about making meaning? What can we learn from an ethnography about the production of identity, creation of kinship, and use of diamonds in understanding selves and social relationships? By what means do.
Contents Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Preface: The Emptiness of Diamond -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Little Rocks -- 1. From Rock to Gem -- 2. Valuing Diamonds -- 3. A Diamond Is Forever -- 4. Diamonds and Emotions -- 5. Diamonds and Bling -- 6. Diamonds and Performance -- Conclusion: The Fullness of Diamonds -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- About the Author.
Subject Diamonds -- Social aspects.
Symbolism.
Identity (Psychology)
Diamants -- Aspect social.
Identité (Psychologie)
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Life Stages -- General.
PSYCHOLOGY -- Developmental -- General.
PSYCHOLOGY -- Developmental -- Lifespan Development.
PSYCHOLOGY -- General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- General.
Identity (Psychology)
Symbolism
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Falls, Susan. Clarity, Cut, and Culture. New York : NYU Press, 2014 9781479810666
ISBN 9781479877430 (electronic bk.)
1479877433 (electronic bk.)
Standard No. AU@ 000058028124
AU@ 000067632060
DEBBG BV043089587
DEBSZ 407735623
DEBSZ 429936710
DEBSZ 431687544
DEBSZ 449429571
DEBSZ 456562907
DEBSZ 493144064

 
    
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