Routledge Everyday Life and Cultural Theory: An Introduction

Everyday Life and Cultural Theory provides a unique critical and historical introduction to theories of everyday life. Ben Highmore traces the development of conceptions of everyday life, from the cultural sociology of Georg Simmel, through the Mass-Observation project of the 1930s to contemporary theorists such as Michel de Certeau. Review "This is an excellent survey... there is a superb introduction motivating the entire project.." -D.W. Sullivan, "Choice Synopsis Everyday Life and Cultural Theory provides a unique critical and historical introduction to theories of everyday life. Ben Highmore traces the development of conceptions of everyday life, from the cultural sociology of Georg Simmel, through the Mass-Observation project of the 1930s to contemporary theorists such as Michel de Certeau. Individual chapters examine: Modernity and everyday life Georg Simmel and fragments of everyday life Surrealism and the marvellous in the everyday Walter Benjamin's trash aesthetics Mass-Observation and the science of everyday life Henri Lefebvre's dialectics of everyday life Michel de Certeau's poetics of everyday life Everyday life and the future of cultural studies. About the Author Ben Highmore is a Senior Lecturer in Cultural and Media Studies at the University of the West of England. He is editor of The Everyday Life Reader (forthcoming, Routledge 2002).