Reading the everyday / / Joe Moran

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910967565803321
• Autore: Moran Joe <1970->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, : Routledge, 2005
• ISBN: 1-134-37215-9; 1-134-37216-7; 1-280-24746-0; 9786610247462; 0-203-28040-7
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (225 p.)
• Disciplina: 307.76
• Soggetti: Sociology, Urban; Civilization, Modern; Popular culture
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Preface and acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Workspace; Chapter 3 Urban Space; Chapter 4 Non-Places; Chapter 5 Living Space; Chapter 6 Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In an ever-growing field of study, this is a major contribution to one of the key areas in cultural studies and cultural theory - the spaces, practices and mythologies of our everyday culture.Drawing on the work of such continental theorists as Henri Lefebvre, Michel de Certeau, Marc Augé and Siegfried Kracauer, Joe Moran explores the concrete sites and routines of everyday life and how they are represented through political discourse, news media, material culture, photography, reality TV shows, CCTV and much more.Unique in his focus of the under-explored, banal aspects