{"product_id":"making-sense-of-everyday-life-9780745642680","title":"Making Sense of Everyday Life","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStudent-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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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.\" \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePhil Manning, \u003ci\u003eCleveland State University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"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.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eKen Plummer, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, \u003ci\u003eUniversity of Essex\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"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.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eTia DeNora, \u003ci\u003eUniversity of Exeter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDetailed Contents vi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIllustration Acknowledgements xii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 What is Everyday Life? 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Theorizing the Mundane 10\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Emotions 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Home 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Time 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Eating and Drinking 92\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Health, Illness and Disability 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Shopping 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Leisure 161\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Researching Everyday Life 184\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 209\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 233\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Polity Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767976493399,"sku":"9780745642680","price":21.53,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780745642680.jpg?v=1758715758","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/making-sense-of-everyday-life-9780745642680","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}