Perspectives on Everyday Life

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Perspectives on Everyday Life: A Cross Disciplinary Cultural Analysis makes the argument for studying everyday life through a combination of introductory theoretical approaches and a grouping of applications to specific aspects of American culture. The first part of the book addresses the idea of everyday life as considered by distinguished thinkers who have written books about everyday life, such as Sigmund Freud, Fernand Braudel, Henri Lefebvre, Michel de Certeau, and others. The second part of the book uses theories dealt with in the first part of the book to explore objectssuch as suitcases, alarm clocks, milk, pacifiers, pressure cookers, smart speakers, and super-glueand their part in the various rituals of everyday life in America, revealing their hidden meanings.


Provides insights into the study of everyday life through an accessible style aimed at undergraduates and advanced scholars alike Introduces and applies theories in a concise, concrete fashion The latest book from Arthur Asa Berger, one of the foundational figures in Media Studies in the US

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Arthur Asa Berger is Professor Emeritus of Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts at San Francisco State University, USA. He has published more than one hundred articles and more than seventy books on media, popular culture, communication, material culture, tourism and humor. His books have been translated into ten languages.


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Perspectives on Everyday Life: A Cross Disciplinary Cultural Analysis makes the argument for studying everyday life through a combination of introductory theoretical approaches and a grouping of applications to specific aspects of American culture. The first part of the book addresses the idea of everyday life as considered by distinguished thinkers who have written books about everyday life, such as Sigmund Freud, Fernand Braudel, Henri Lefebvre, Michel de Certeau, and others. The second part of the book uses theories dealt with in the first part of the book to explore objects such as suitcases, alarm clocks, milk, pacifiers, pressure cookers, smart speakers, and super-glue and their part in the various rituals of everyday life in America, revealing their hidden meanings.


Inhalt
Part I Perspectives on Everyday Life.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Perspectives on Everyday Life.- 3. Henri Lefebvre on Terror in Everyday Life.- 4. Michel de Certeau and Resistance to Domination.- 5. Fernand Braudel and the Structures in Everyday Life.- 6. Sigmund Freud on Psychopathology in Everyday Life.- 7. Milton Sapirstein and the Paradoxes of Everyday Life.- 8. Myth and Everyday Life.- 9. The Body and Everyday Life.- Part II Everyday Life in America.- 10. Alarm Clocks.- 11. Amazon Echo.- 12. Chandeliers at the 2017 Grammy Awards.- 13. The Starbucks Coffee Shop Logo.- 14. Teeth Whitening Agents.- 15. Pacifiers.- 16. Toilets.- 17. Milk.- 18. Electronic Pressure Cookers.- 19. Diet Products.- 20. Hairstyles.- 21. College Rejection Letters.- 22. Air Jordans.- 23. High-Tech French Fries.- 24. Backpacks.- 25. Mattresses.- 26. Women's Shoes.- 27. Madonna's Like a Prayer.- 28. Suitcases.- 29. Superglue.- 30. Calendars.- 31. Coda.

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  • Allgemeine Informationen
    • Sprache Englisch
    • Herausgeber Springer International Publishing
    • Gewicht 373g
    • Untertitel A Cross Disciplinary Cultural Analysis
    • Autor Arthur Asa Berger
    • Titel Perspectives on Everyday Life
    • Veröffentlichung 12.11.2018
    • ISBN 3319997947
    • Format Fester Einband
    • EAN 9783319997940
    • Jahr 2018
    • Größe H216mm x B153mm x T16mm
    • Anzahl Seiten 196
    • Lesemotiv Verstehen
    • Auflage 1st edition 2018
    • GTIN 09783319997940

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