The notion of the everyday is at the heart of modern French cultural and Anglo-American cultural studies. Since the 1960s numerous writers, artists, philosophers, and social theorists have tried to home in on the patterns and rhythms of our daily activities. 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.
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