A01=Susan Willis
Author_Susan Willis
Boston Women's Health Book
Boston Women’s Health Book
Brer Rabbit
capitalism
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century
commodity
Commodity Consumption
Commodity Form
Commodity Packaging
consumer society critique
consumption
critical analysis of daily consumption
Domestic Labor
Dooryard Garden
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everyday material culture
Fairy Tale
Fallout Shelter
feminist theory application
form
gendered commodification
Group Social Practice
historical
Historical Theme Park
late
Late Twentieth Century Capitalism
Make Up
Marxist cultural analysis
Mass Toy Market
miami
MICHAEL JACKSON
Mickey Mouse
Nautilus Machine
Nineteenth Century Paris Arcades
Separatist Solution
social relations theory
Social Reproduction
Speed Demon
Teddy Bear
twentieth
vice
Women's Health Book Collective
Women's Studies Group
Women’s Health Book Collective
Women’s Studies Group
Young Men
Product details
- ISBN 9780415041805
- Weight: 408g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 12 Sep 1991
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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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.
