Metropolitan Intimacies - An Ethnography on the Poetics of Daily Life

In Metropolitan Intimacies: An Ethnography on the Poetics of Daily Life, Francisco Cruces examines intimacy and meaning-making in metropolitan residents' daily lives.

List of contents

Introduction: Something Too Good to Be Fake
Chapter 1. Getting Inspired
Chapter 2. Exploring Intimacy
Chapter 3. Stories of The Self
Chapter 4. A Visit to IKEA
Chapter 5. The Poetics of Dwelling
Conclusion: From Collaboration to Remembrance

About the author

Francisco Cruces is professor of anthropology at Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED).

Summary

In Metropolitan Intimacies: An Ethnography on the Poetics of Daily Life, Francisco Cruces examines intimacy and meaning-making in metropolitan residents’ daily lives.

Product details

• Authors: Francisco Cruces
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2022
• EAN: 9781793633217
• ISBN: 978-1-79363-321-7
• No. of pages: 216
• Series: Culture, Humanity, and Urban Life; CULTURE HUMANITY AND URBAN LIF
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social & cultural anthropology, Urban communities