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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458501703321

Autore

Longhurst Brian

Titolo

Cultural Change and Ordinary Life [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Maidenhead, : McGraw-Hill Education, 2007

ISBN

1-281-33094-9

0-335-23493-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (148 p.)

Disciplina

303.482

Soggetti

Globalization

Mass media

Social change

Social interaction

Sociology & Social History

Social Sciences

Social Change

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Half title; Series Editors; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Concepts and theories of everyday and ordinary life; Chapter 3 Changing ordinary life; Chapter 4 Understanding and theorizing cultural change; Chapter 5 Globalizing, hybridizing and localizing: processes of elective belonging; Chapter 6 Imagining, performing and identifying: class, identity and culture; Chapter 7 Distinguishing and connecting 1: capitals and the use of time; Chapter 8 Distinguishing and connecting 2: the omnivore thesis; Chapter 9 Enthusing

Chapter 10 ConclusionsReferences; Index; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

How important are the media? How is culture changing? How is ordinary life being transformed? How do we belong? This book offers a fresh approach to the understanding of everyday life, the media and cultural change. It explores the social pattern of ordinary life in the context of theories and accounts of social and cultural change.