Perspectives on Everyday Life: A Cross Disciplinary Cultural Analysis

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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. Front Matter ....Pages i-xix Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Introduction (Arthur Asa Berger)....Pages 3-6 Perspectives on Everyday Life (Arthur Asa Berger)....Pages 7-16 Henri Lefebvre on Terror in Everyday Life (Arthur Asa Berger)....Pages 17-23 Michel de Certeau and Resistance to Domination (Arthur Asa Berger)....Pages 25-31 Fernand Braudel and the Structures in Everyday Life (Arthur Asa Berger)....Pages 33-37 Sigmund Freud on Psychopathology in Everyday Life (Arthur Asa Berger)....Pages 39-43 Milton Sapirstein on the Paradoxes of Everyday Life (Arthur Asa Berger)....Pages 45-49 Myth and Everyday Life (Arthur Asa Berger)....Pages 51-58 The Body and Everyday Life (Arthur Asa Berger)....Pages 59-71 Front Matter ....Pages 73-73 Alarm Clocks (Arthur Asa Berger)....Pages 75-77 The Amazon Echo (Arthur Asa Berger)....Pages 79-82 Chandeliers at the 2017 Grammy Awards (Arthur Asa Berger)....Pages 83-85 The Starbucks Coffee Shop Logo (Arthur Asa Berger)....Pages 87-90 Teeth Whitening Agents (Arthur Asa Berger)....Pages 91-94 Pacifiers (Arthur Asa Berger)....Pages 95-97 Toilets (Arthur Asa Berger)....Pages 99-101 Milk (Arthur Asa Berger)....Pages 103-105 Electronic Pressure Cookers (Arthur Asa Berger)....Pages 107-109 Diet Products (Arthur Asa Berger)....Pages 111-114 Hair Styles (Arthur Asa Berger)....Pages 115-119 College Rejection Letters (Arthur Asa Berger)....Pages 121-125 Air Jordans (Arthur Asa Berger)....Pages 127-132 High-Tech French Fries (Arthur Asa Berger)....Pages 133-137 Backpacks (Arthur Asa Berger)....Pages 139-142 Mattresses (Arthur Asa Berger)....Pages 143-146 Women’s Shoes (Arthur Asa Berger)....Pages 147-150 Madonna’s “Like a Prayer” (Arthur Asa Berger)....Pages 151-156 Suitcases (Arthur Asa Berger)....Pages 157-162 Superglue (Arthur Asa Berger)....Pages 163-165 Calendars (Arthur Asa Berger)....Pages 167-170 Coda (Arthur Asa Berger)....Pages 171-173