A Primer For Daily Life (Studies in Culture and Communication) - Hardcover

Willis, Susan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415041805 ISBN 13: 9780415041805

Publisher: Routledge, 1991

Synopsis

First published in 1991. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

About this title

Synopsis:

The interacting components of everyday life - the weekly supermarket shopping trip, fast food, children's toys - are still largely unremarked by cultural theorists. Grounded in Marxist theory, and guided by feminism, Susan Willis's lucid and entertaining study of the consumer culture broadens the scope of cultural studies to introduce the notion of daily life, with the commodity at its centre. Willis pays particular attention to the influence of commodity fetishism on social relations. Her investigation includes the taken for granted phenomena of modern culture - Barbie dolls, plastic packaging, banana sticker logos and the aerobic workout. A Primer For Daily Life demonstrates that the trivial is crucial for our understanding of capitalist culture, and argues for the necessary development of a critical perspective on daily life.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0415041805
• ISBN 13: 9780415041805
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192