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biographical object: a standalone construct

One name. One construct. A landmark on the map.

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Material culture studies

a personal possession bound up with its owner's life story and identity, contrasted with the mass-produced public commodity.

In material culture studies, biographical object refers to a personal possession bound up with its owner's life story and identity, contrasted with the mass-produced public commodity. This meaning comes from Hoskins (1998) in Biographical objects.[1]

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commodity3 fields · 3 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs culture4 fields · 9 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs identity6 fields · 14 citationsjingle · one name, six constructs

References

Hoskins, J. (1998). Biographical objects. Routledge. ISBN 9781136678714

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