Perspectives on Everyday Life

A Cross Disciplinary Cultural Analysis

Arthur Asa Berger (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

XIX, 173 Seiten

2018 | Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-07635-1 (ISBN)

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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.

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.

Part I: Perspectives on Everyday Life 1. Introduction 2. Perspectives on Everyday Life 3. Henri Lefebvre and Terrorism in Everyday Life 4. Michel de Certeau and Resistance to Domination 5. Fernand Braudel on 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 Dot 12. Chandeliers at the Grammys 13. The Starbucks Coffee Shop Logo 14. Teeth Whitening Agents 15. Pacifiers 16. Toilets 17. Milk 18. Pressure Cookers 19. Diet Products 20. Hairstyles 21. College Rejection Letters 22. Air Jordans 23. French Fries 24. Backpacks 25. Mattresses 26. Women's Shoes 27. Madonna's "Like a Prayer" 28. Suitcases 29. Super Glue 30. Calendars 31. Coda

Erscheinungsdatum	14.01.2019
Zusatzinfo	XIX, 173 p. 24 illus.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	263 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Kommunikationswissenschaft
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft
Schlagworte	American Culture • Cultural Studies • Everyday life • material culture • The Quotidian
ISBN-10	3-030-07635-0 / 3030076350
ISBN-13	978-3-030-07635-1 / 9783030076351
Zustand	Neuware