Ordinary Lives: Studies in the Everyday

by Ben Highmore

This new study from Ben Highmore looks at the seemingly banal world of objects, work, daily media, and food, and finds there a scintillating array of passionate experience. Through a series of case studies, and building on his previous work on the everyday, Highmore examines our relationship to familiar objects (a favourite chair), repetitive work (housework, typing), media (distracted television viewing and radio listening) and food (specifically...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415461871
• ISBN13: 9780415461870
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"