Encountering the everyday
Subtitle: an introduction to the sociologies of the unnoticed
By: [edited by] Michael Hviid Jacobsen.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 431
ISBN-13: 9780230201224
Subjects: Social interaction; Sociology -- Philosophy
Description: "Everyday life is the most important dimension of society. Introducing classical and contemporary theory alongside key empirical work, this is a comprehensive exploration of everyday life sociologies. Written by leading experts in the field, each chapter makes concepts from Existentialism to Semiotics accessible for students and scholars alike." http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0913/2008038420-d.html.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : the everyday; title: an introduction to an introduction / Michael Hviid Jacobsen; title: The Chicago School of Sociology : survival in the urban jungle / Anja Jørgensen & Dennis Smith; title: American Pragmatism : examining everyday life "in the making" / Robert C. Prus & Antony J. Puddephatt; title: Phenomenological sociology : the subjectivity of everyday life / Søren Overgaard & Dan Zahavi; title: Symbolic initeractionism : the play and fate of meanings in everyday life / Dennis D. Waskul; title: Existential sociology : the self confronts society / Joseph A. Kotarba; title: Critical everyday life sociologies : problematizing the everyday / Michael E. Gardiner; title: French sociologies of the Quotidian : - From dialectical Marxism to the anthropology of everyday practice / Derek Schilling; title: Erving Goffman : Self presentations in everyday life / Søren Kristiansen; title: Ethnomethodology : respecifying the problem of social order / Stephen Hester; title: Conversation analysis : analyzing everyday conversational activities / Paul ten Have; title: The sociology of the absurd : an absurd man in an absurd world / Michael Hviid Jacobsen; title: Scandinavian everyday life sociologies : routines, ruptures and strategies / Ann-Dorte Christensen; title: The sociology of emotions : managing, exchanging and generating emotions in everyday life / Poul Poder; title: Social semiotics : constructing stuff in everyday life / Phillip Vannini; title: Cultural studies and everyday life : tapping hidden energies / David Inglis; title: Interpretive interactionism : a postmodern approach to everyday life / Norman K. Denzin.