Perspectives on Everyday Life: A Cross Disciplinary Cultural Analysis makes the argument for studying everyday life through a combination of introductory theoretical approaches and a grouping of applications to specific aspects of American culture. The first part of the book addresses the idea of everyday life as considered by distinguished thinkers who have written books about everyday life, such as Sigmund Freud, Fernand Braudel, Henri Lefebvre, Michel de Certeau, and others. The second part of the book uses theories dealt with in the first part of the book to explore objects—such as suitcases, alarm clocks, milk, pacifiers, pressure cookers, smart speakers, and super-glue—and their part in the various rituals of everyday life in America, revealing their hidden meanings.
Author(s): Arthur Asa Berger
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Springer International Publishing,Palgrave Pivot
Year: 2018
Language: English
Pages: XIX, 173
Tags: Cultural and Media Studies; Media and Communication; Popular Culture; American Culture; Media and Communication
Front Matter ....Pages i-xix
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
Introduction (Arthur Asa Berger)....Pages 3-6
Perspectives on Everyday Life (Arthur Asa Berger)....Pages 7-16
Henri Lefebvre on Terror in Everyday Life (Arthur Asa Berger)....Pages 17-23
Michel de Certeau and Resistance to Domination (Arthur Asa Berger)....Pages 25-31
Fernand Braudel and the Structures in Everyday Life (Arthur Asa Berger)....Pages 33-37
Sigmund Freud on Psychopathology in Everyday Life (Arthur Asa Berger)....Pages 39-43
Milton Sapirstein on the Paradoxes of Everyday Life (Arthur Asa Berger)....Pages 45-49
Myth and Everyday Life (Arthur Asa Berger)....Pages 51-58
The Body and Everyday Life (Arthur Asa Berger)....Pages 59-71
Front Matter ....Pages 73-73
Alarm Clocks (Arthur Asa Berger)....Pages 75-77
The Amazon Echo (Arthur Asa Berger)....Pages 79-82
Chandeliers at the 2017 Grammy Awards (Arthur Asa Berger)....Pages 83-85
The Starbucks Coffee Shop Logo (Arthur Asa Berger)....Pages 87-90
Teeth Whitening Agents (Arthur Asa Berger)....Pages 91-94
Pacifiers (Arthur Asa Berger)....Pages 95-97
Toilets (Arthur Asa Berger)....Pages 99-101
Milk (Arthur Asa Berger)....Pages 103-105
Electronic Pressure Cookers (Arthur Asa Berger)....Pages 107-109
Diet Products (Arthur Asa Berger)....Pages 111-114
Hair Styles (Arthur Asa Berger)....Pages 115-119
College Rejection Letters (Arthur Asa Berger)....Pages 121-125
Air Jordans (Arthur Asa Berger)....Pages 127-132
High-Tech French Fries (Arthur Asa Berger)....Pages 133-137
Backpacks (Arthur Asa Berger)....Pages 139-142
Mattresses (Arthur Asa Berger)....Pages 143-146
Women’s Shoes (Arthur Asa Berger)....Pages 147-150
Madonna’s “Like a Prayer” (Arthur Asa Berger)....Pages 151-156
Suitcases (Arthur Asa Berger)....Pages 157-162
Superglue (Arthur Asa Berger)....Pages 163-165
Calendars (Arthur Asa Berger)....Pages 167-170
Coda (Arthur Asa Berger)....Pages 171-173
