Making Sense of Everyday Life - Couverture rigide

Scott, Susie

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0745642675 ISBN 13 : 9780745642673

Editeur : Polity Press, 2009

Synopsis

This accessible, introductory text explains the importance of studying 'everyday life' in the social sciences. Susie Scott examines such varied topics as leisure, eating and drinking, the idea of home, and time and schedules in order to show how societies are created and reproduced by the apparently mundane 'micro' level practices of everyday life.

Each chapter is organized around three main themes: 'rituals and routines', 'social order', and 'challenging the taken-for-granted', with intriguing examples and illustrations. Theoretical approaches from ethnomethodology, Symbolic Interactionism and social psychology are introduced and applied to real-life situations, and there is clear emphasis on empirical research findings throughout. Social order depends on individuals following norms and rules which are so familiar as to appear natural; yet, as Scott encourages the reader to discover, these are always open to question and investigation.

This user-friendly book will appeal to undergraduate students across the social sciences, including the sociology of everyday life, the sociology of emotions, social psychology and cultural studies, and will reveal the fascinating significance our everyday habits hold.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Susie Scott, Lecturer in Sociology, University of Sussex

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Polity Press
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0745642675
• ISBN 13: 9780745642673
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 224
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible