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Meaning and Ideology in Historical Archaeology : Style, Social Identity, and Capitalism in an Australian Town / by Heather Burke.

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Focusing on the city of Armidale during the period 1830 to 1930, this book investigates the relationship between the development of capitalism in a particular region (New England, Australia) and the expression of ideology within architectural style. The author analyzes how style encodes meaning and...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Main Author: Burke, Heather
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 1999.
Series:Contributions to global historical archaeology.
Subjects:
Social sciences.
History.
Anthropology.
Archaeology.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. An Anatomy of Ideology
  • What Is Ideology?
  • What Does Ideology Do?
  • Ideology and the Construction of Social Identity
  • Ideology, Social Identity, and Style
  • Style and the Semiotics of Social Identity
  • 3. An Introduction to Armidale
  • A History of Armidale and New England
  • Colonial Armidale
  • Ideology
  • Discussion
  • 4. Materials and Methods
  • Selection of Place
  • Selection of Structures
  • Selection of Variables
  • Variables Relating to Social Context
  • Variables Relating to Style
  • Variables Relating to Geographical Context
  • Variables Relating to Use
  • Data Collection
  • Location of Structures
  • Analysis
  • Biases in the Database
  • Limitations of the Study
  • 5. The Semiotics of Social Position
  • The Contexts of Production for Style in Armidale
  • Discussion
  • 6. Relations of Meaning and Relations of Membership
  • Creating Social Identity
  • Discussion
  • 7. Style in Space
  • The Contexts of Interpretation for Style in Armidale
  • The Space of Style
  • The Power of Style
  • 8. Styles of Ideology
  • Ideology from Artifacts
  • Ideology and Public Identity
  • The Material Constraints to Studying Ideology
  • Discussion
  • 9. Investments of Meaning
  • Context and Identity
  • Stylishness
  • Directions of Emulation
  • Dominant Ideology
  • Scales of Ideology
  • Persistence
  • The Commodification of Heritage
  • A Historical Archaeology of Ideology
  • Appendix: List of Structures
  • References.

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