Description
Book SynopsisStudent-friendly introduction to the sociology of everyday life. Introduces in very accessible style the various theories used to interpret our everyday actions that on the surface of things might look mundane. Considers topics such as eating and drinking, leisure, time and schedules, emotions, home, as well as how to study everyday life.
Trade Review"This book is a wonderful introduction to sociology. It makes the reader rethink and re-evaluate the meaning and importance of everyday events such as gardening, shopping and eating out. It makes the familiar strange but not unrecognizable."
Phil Manning, Cleveland State University "At last we have a study that brings together much of what we have learnt about everyday life from social thinkers over the past fifty years or so. Inspired by Goffman?s classic work, Susie Scott brings coherence to previously disparate fields. This book is much needed and long overdue. It provides an invaluable introduction, a unique and comprehensible synthesis. This is an indispensable gift to students of social psychology and social interaction."
Ken Plummer, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, University of Essex
"A lucid and richly illustrated account of how the so-called little things loom large. Integrating theory and empirical work, this book will be invaluable to teachers and students of everyday life."
Tia DeNora, University of Exeter
Table of ContentsDetailed Contents vi
Acknowledgements xi
Illustration Acknowledgements xii
1 What is Everyday Life? 1
2 Theorizing the Mundane 10
3 Emotions 33
4 Home 49
5 Time 69
6 Eating and Drinking 92
7 Health, Illness and Disability 116
8 Shopping 139
9 Leisure 161
10 Researching Everyday Life 184
References 209
Index 233
