Cultural Change and Everyday Life

2002
ISBN: 978-0-333-76143-4
Verlag: Macmillan Education

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Book, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

It is generally accepted that the modern era has been a period of unprecedented cultural change. But what is the nature of this change and how has it impacted on our day-to-day experience? This landmark text proposes an innovative framework for understanding the shifting forms of mass culture and everyday life, and does so by examining changes in a number of important cultural spheres, from food to fashion, tourism to media representations. Vivid and ambitious, it both synthesises a diverse literature and advances theoretical debates.

Zielgruppe

Lower undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chaney, David

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Culture and Modern Life.- Everyday Life in the Modern Era.- Social Theory and Everyday Life.- Everyday Life and Personal Setting.- Dramatising the Self in Everyday Life.- Authority and Expertise in Public Life.- Citizenship in Radical Democracy.- Enchantment in Everyday Life.- The Fragmentation of Culture.- Bibliography.

Über Autor(innen)

DAVID CHANEY is Professor of Sociology at the University of Durham. He is the author of Fictions of Collective Life, The Cultural Turn and Lifestyles.