Everyday Life and Cultural Theory: An Introduction by Ben Highmore (English) Pap

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This study provides a critical and historical introduction to theories of everyday life. Ben Highmore traces the development of conceptions of the topic, from the cultural sociology of Georg Simmel, through the Mass-Observation project of the 1930s to contemporary theorists such as de Certeau.

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Everyday Life and Cultural Theory provides a unique critical and historical introduction to theories of everyday life. Ben Highmore traces the development of conceptions of everyday life, from the cultural sociology of Georg Simmel, through the Mass-Observation project of the 1930s to contemporary theorists such as Michel de Certeau. Individual chapters examine: Modernity and everyday life Georg Simmel and fragments of everyday life l Surrealism and the marvellous in the everyday Walter Benjamin's trash aesthetics Mass-Observation and the science of everyday life Henri Lefebvre's dialectics of everyday life Michel de Certeau's poetics of everyday life Everyday life and the future of cultural studies

Author Biography

Ben Highmore is a Senior Lecturer in Cultural and Media Studies at the University of the West of England. He is editor of The Everyday Life Reader (forthcoming, Routledge 2002).

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments. 1. Figuring the Everyday 2. Arguments 3. Simmel: Fragments of Everyday Life 4. Surrealism: The Marvellous in the Everyday 5. Benjamin's Trash Aesthetics 6. Mass-Observation: A Science of Everyday Life 7. Henri Lefebvre's Dialects of Everyday Life 8. Michel de Certeau's Poetics of Everyday Life 9. Psotscript: Everyday Life and the Future of Cultural Studies Bibliography. Index.

Review

"This is an excellent survey... there is a superb introduction motivating the entire project.."-D.W. Sullivan, "Choice

Details ISBN0415223032 Author Ben Highmore Short Title EVERYDAY LIFE & CULTURAL THEOR Language English ISBN-10 0415223032 ISBN-13 9780415223034 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 306 Illustrations Yes Year 2001 Imprint Routledge Subtitle An Introduction Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Affiliation University of the West of England Edition 1st Birth 1961 DOI 10.1604/9780415223034 UK Release Date 2001-11-08 AU Release Date 2001-11-08 NZ Release Date 2001-11-08 Pages 208 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd Publication Date 2001-11-08 Alternative 9780415223027 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education We've got this

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