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Reading the everyday

Title
Reading the everyday / Joe Moran.
Author
Moran, Joe, 1970-
Publication
London ; New York : Routledge, 2005.

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Description
xi, 209 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
Summary
"Drawing on the work of continental theorists such as Henri Lefebvre, Michel de Certeau, Marc Auge and Siegfried Kracauer, Joe Moran explores the concrete sites and routines of everyday life and their representation in political debate, news media, material culture, sitcoms, reality TV shows, photography, CCTV and webcams." "Moran aims to rethink notions of everyday life within cultural studies, which have traditionally focused on questions of popular culture, consumption and lifestyle. He investigates some of the most under-explored, banal aspects of quotidian culture, such as office life, commuting, car parking, motorways, new towns and mass housing." "Reading the Everyday shows that analysing supposedly 'boring' phenomena can help us to make sense of cultural and social change; and it argues that the everyday has become a space for a new kind of 'post-political' politics which has obscured profound changes in work, domestic and public space."--Jacket.
Subject
  • Sociology, Urban
  • Civilization, Modern
  • Popular culture
  • Popular Culture
  • urban sociology
  • popular culture
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-196) and index.
Contents
Introduction: Waiting, cultural studies, and the quotidian -- Workspace : office life and commuting -- Urban space : the myths and meanings of traffic -- Non-places : supermodernity and the everyday -- Living space : housing, the market, and the everyday -- Conclusion: The everyday and cultural change.
ISBN
  • 0415317088
  • 9780415317085
  • 0415317096
  • 9780415317092
  • 9780203280409
  • 0203280407
LCCN
  • 2004029206
  • 9780415317092
OCLC
  • ocm57211184
  • 57211184
  • SCSB-14655003
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library