A Primer for Daily Life

1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-138-97934-5
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 129 mm x 198 mm, Gewicht: 191 g

Reihe: Studies in Culture and Communication

The interacting components of everyday life - the weekly supermarket shopping trip, fast food, children's toys - are still largely unremarked by cultural theorists. Grounded in Marxist theory, and guided by feminism, Susan Willis's lucid and entertaining study of the consumer culture broadens the scope of cultural studies to introduce the notion of daily life, with the commodity at its centre. Willis pays particular attention to the influence of commodity fetishism on social relations. Her investigation includes the taken for granted phenomena of modern culture - Barbie dolls, plastic packaging, banana sticker logos and the aerobic workout.A Primer For Daily Life demonstrates that the trivial is crucial for our understanding of capitalist culture, and argues for the necessary development of a critical perspective on daily life.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Willis, Susan

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Mediensoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstgeschichte Kunstgeschichte: 20./21. Jahrhundert Pop Art, Minimalismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments, Author’s Note, 1 UNWRAPPING USE VALUE, 2 GENDER AS COMMODITY, 3 LEARNING FROM THE BANANA, 4 WORK(ING) OUT, 5 PLAYING HOUSE: DOMESTIC LABOR AS CULTURE, 6 I WANT THE BLACK ONE: IS THERE A PLACE FOR AFROAMERICAN CULTURE IN COMMODITY CULTURE?, 7 SWEET DREAMS: PROFITS AND PAYOFFS IN COMMODITY CAPITALISM, 8 EARTHQUAKE KITS: THE POLITICS OF THE TRIVIAL, AFTERWORD, References, Index

Über Autor(innen)

Susan Willis