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 of everyday
culture, including office life, commuting, traffic and mass housing,
Moran re-evaluates conventional notions of everyday life in cultural
studies, and shows that analysing such 'boring' phenomena can help make
sense of cultural and social change.
This book is interdisciplinary in its approach and covers many different
areas including visual culture, cultural geography, material culture,
and cultural history as well as the key areas of cultural studies and
sociology.
Students from all these subjects will find this clearly written and
lively work an invaluable study resource.
