{"product_id":"the-comfort-of-things-paperback-softback-9780745644042","title":"The Comfort of Things (Paperback \/ softback) 9780745644042","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Comfort of Things\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDaniel Miller (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780745644042, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 22 May 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e300 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.6 x 15 x 1.8 cm, 0.431 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Miller's moving account...is a stout defence of that pejorative notion: 'only sentimental value.'He builds up a tapestry of the variety of ways in which people use things to express themselves and make meaning in their lives. The nondescript, the ordinary can be invested with great value.\" \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cp\u003e\"An outstanding piece of work: a fine example of modern anthropological fieldwork, a powerful corrective to the banal notion that materialism is synonymous with excessive individualism and, perhaps above all, an informed, sensitive, and wholly sympathetic guide to the human diversity to be found through the keyholes of our capital city.\"\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003eLaurie Taylor, \u003ci\u003eThe Independent\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \"A wonderful and unusual antidote to the fear that humanity and individuality is losing its battle with modern consumerism. In his book, even the most trivial product of consumerism can be rendered almost magical by its owners.\"\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This book sums up how far social anthropology has progressed since Henry Mayhew wrote about the skull shapes of costermongers in the 19th century.\"\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \"A set of delicately drawn pen portraits of lives in a single, unnamed South London street ... this is a book quite out of the ordinary. While you read these pages, this is the street where you live.\"\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"[I]t would be an injustice to Daniel Miller and to the exquisite text he has crafted to describe \u003ci\u003eThe Comfort of Things\u003c\/i\u003e as anything less than beautifully written ... This particular book opens up a variety of avenues for exploration, and serves as a reminder of what sociologists can learn from such rich anthropological research.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBritish Journal of Sociology\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This is social anthropology at its finest.\"\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003eSteven Carroll, \u003ci\u003eThe Age\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This is the very best kind of micro-ethnography. Miller writes better - and with more insight and compassion - than most novelists. This book will profoundly change the way you look at your friends' and neighbours' homes and possessions - and indeed your own.\"\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003eKate Fox, \u003ci\u003eSocial Issues Research Centre\u003c\/i\u003e and author of \u003ci\u003eWatching the English\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"I am so impressed by Danny Miller's book. It is so keenly felt and beautifully written, it provides as deep a view of modern Londoners as early anthropologists tried to provide of residents of more distant and exotic zones. Miller has produced a marvelously personal and creative work, provoking us to wonder at the extraordinary attachments of ordinary people. This is a great and lasting achievement.\"\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003eSharon Zukin, \u003ci\u003eBrooklyn College\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Through shoe leather fieldwork, human empathy, and unflinching readiness to discern, Daniel Miller shows the central role of material culture in contemporary urban life. An instant classic.\"\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003eMitchell Duneier, \u003ci\u003ePrinceton University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"An artful antidote to continually demonised consumerism.\"\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCrafts Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A timely reminder that investing possessions with meaning is proof of humanity rather than inhumanity.\"\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlueprint\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"In this remarkable book Daniel Miller provides an illuminating portrait of people's relations to the ordinary objects that surround them. The result is a surprising meditation on how we all maintain order in our daily lives.\"\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003eViviana Zelizer, \u003ci\u003ePrinceton University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This book offers a bold and creative model for how we might go about the work of theorising and abstracting, trying to tell more or less convincing stories about the 'relationships which flow constantly between people and things'.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eEnvironment and Planning D: Society and Space\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eWer und vor allem wie lebt man in London heute? In 30 brillanten Porträts erfährt der Leser ganz intime Details, durchlebt selbst alle Höhen und Tiefen der Protagonisten und erhält einen umfassenden Einblick in das 'Wesen der Menschen' aus Sicht eines Anthropologen.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgements. \u003cp\u003ePrologue.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePortrait 1 Empty.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePortrait 2 Full.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePortrait 3 A Porous Vessel.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePortrait 4 Starry Green Plastic Ducks.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePortrait 5 Learning Love.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePortrait 6 The Aboriginal Laptop.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePortrait 7 Home and Homeland.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePortrait 8 Tattoo.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePortrait 9 Haunted.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePortrait 10 Talk to the Dog.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePortrait 11 Tales from the Publicans.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePortrait 12 Making a Living.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePortrait 13 McDonald's Truly Happy Meals.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePortrait 14 The Exhibitionist.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePortrait 15 Re-Birth.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePortrait 16 Strength of Character.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePortrait 17 Heroin.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePortrait 18 Shi.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePortrait 19 Brazil 2 England 2.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePortrait 20 A Thousand Places to See before You Die.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePortrait 21 Rosebud.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePortrait 22 The Orientalist.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePortrait 23 Sepia.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePortrait 24 An Unscripted Life.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePortrait 25 Oh Sod It!.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePortrait 26 José and José's Wife.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePortrait 27 Wrestling.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePortrait 28 The Carpenter.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePortrait 29 Things That Bright Up the Place.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePortrait 30 Home Truths.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpilogue: If This is Modern Life – Then What is That?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix: The Study\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Archaeology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Archaeology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Archaeology%20%5BHD%5D%22\"\u003eHD\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52458285072664,"sku":"9780745644042","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780745644042.jpg?v=1785370532","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-comfort-of-things-paperback-softback-9780745644042","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}