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Material Worlds Books in this series explore worlds of our own making. Emphasizing interdisciplinary perspectives on material culture, authors interpret the ways in which individuals and communities create environments, traditions, and symbols from art, architecture, furnishing, food, and dress. In addition to interpreting the cultural values that artifacts and environments reveal, the series sheds light on the diversity of material worlds across the social landscape. Whether remote or close to home, the worlds uncovered by this series reflect the ways that “material” and “culture” come together in everyday lives. series editor Simon J. Bronner Virtual Afterlives: Grieving the Dead in the Twenty-First Century Candi K. Cann Designing the Centennial: A History of the 1876 International Exhibition in Philadelphia Bruno Giberti Culinary Tourism edited by Lucy M. Long Funeral Festivals in America: Rituals for the Living Jacqueline S. Thursby ...

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