Overview
- Provides insights into the study of everyday life through an accessible style aimed at undergraduates and advanced scholars alike
- Introduces and applies theories in a concise, concrete fashion
- The latest book from Arthur Asa Berger, one of the foundational figures in Media Studies in the US
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Table of contents (31 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Perspectives on Everyday Life
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Everyday Life in America
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About this book
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.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Arthur Asa Berger is Professor Emeritus of Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts at San Francisco State University, USA. He has published more than one hundred articles and more than seventy books on media, popular culture, communication, material culture, tourism and humor. His books have been translated into ten languages.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Perspectives on Everyday Life
Book Subtitle: A Cross Disciplinary Cultural Analysis
Authors: Arthur Asa Berger
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99795-7
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG, part of Springer Nature 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-99794-0Published: 12 November 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-99795-7Published: 31 October 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 173
Number of Illustrations: 24 b/w illustrations
Topics: Media and Communication, Popular Culture , American Culture, Media and Communication