Understanding everyday life /
Understanding everyday life /
edited by Tony Bennett and Diane Watson.
- Oxford : Blackwell, 2002.
- xxiv,372p : ill. ; 25 cms.
- Sociology and society .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
By focusing on familiar sites and scenes - the home, the pub, the street - this text introduces students to contemporary debates about the social organisation of everyday life.\ By focusing on familiar sites and scenes - the home, the pub, the street - this text introduces students to contemporary debates about the social organisation of everyday life. Introduces debates about the sociology of everyday life in an accessible, student-friendly manner. Covers major topics in the sociology of daily life from the private sphere through to work, consumption and the community. Shows how the perspectives of sociology, cultural studies and feminism can shed new light on everyday life. Employs a wide range of richly-worked examples to illustrate the debates.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
By focusing on familiar sites and scenes - the home, the pub, the street - this text introduces students to contemporary debates about the social organisation of everyday life.\ By focusing on familiar sites and scenes - the home, the pub, the street - this text introduces students to contemporary debates about the social organisation of everyday life. Introduces debates about the sociology of everyday life in an accessible, student-friendly manner. Covers major topics in the sociology of daily life from the private sphere through to work, consumption and the community. Shows how the perspectives of sociology, cultural studies and feminism can shed new light on everyday life. Employs a wide range of richly-worked examples to illustrate the debates.
0631233083