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Zusatztext treats complex material with admirable clarity... evokes a quotidien that is dynamic, creative and mobile... the book pieces itself together, as it were, from the inside, by increments of arguments and insight, never sweeping in judgement and never mandarin in style. Klappentext The notion of the everyday is at the heart of modern French cultural and Anglo-American cultural studies. This book provides a detailed map of this territory, linking the pioneering work of such key figures as Georges Perec and Michel de Certeau, to currents in Surrealism, ethnography, fiction, film, and photography. Zusammenfassung The notion of the everyday is at the heart of modern French cultural and Anglo-American cultural studies. This book provides a detailed map of this territory, linking the pioneering work of such key figures as Georges Perec and Michel de Certeau, to currents in Surrealism, ethnography, fiction, film, and photography. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1: The Indeterminacy of the Everyday 2: Surrealism and the Everyday 3: Dissident Surrealism: The Quotidian Sacred and Profane 4: Henri Lefebvre: Alienation and Appropriation in Everyday Life 5: All that Falls: Barthes and the Everyday 6: Michel de Certeau: Reclaiming the Everyday 7: Georges Perec: Uncovering the Infra-ordinary 8: After Perec: Dissemination and Diversification 9: Configuring the Everyday
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The notion of the everyday is at the heart of modern French cultural and Anglo-American cultural studies. This book provides a detailed map of this territory, linking the pioneering work of such key figures as Georges Perec and Michel de Certeau, to currents in Surrealism, ethnography, fiction, film, and photography.
