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The Practice of Everyday Life

Michel de Certeau Steven Rendall

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English
California Uni Pr Trade
01 December 2011
In this incisive book, Michel de Certeau considers the uses to which social representation and modes of social behavior are put by individuals and groups, describing the tactics available to the common man for reclaiming his own autonomy from the all-pervasive forces of commerce, politics, and culture. In exploring the public meaning of ingeniously defended private meanings, de Certeau draws brilliantly on an immense theoretical literature to speak of an apposite use of imaginative literature.
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Imprint:   California Uni Pr Trade
Country of Publication:   United States
Edition:   3rd Revised edition
Dimensions:   Height: 229mm,  Width: 152mm,  Spine: 15mm
Weight:   363g
ISBN:   9780520271456
ISBN 10:   0520271459
Pages:   256
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

The late Michel de Certeau was Directeur d'Etudes at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris and Visiting Professor of French and Comparative Literature at University of California, San Diego.

Reviews for The Practice of Everyday Life

The book retains its freshness and relevance. * Journal of Business Anthropology * The Practice of Everyday Life, published in 1974 and now the first of his books available in English translation, offers ample evidence why we should pay heed to de Certeau. . . . The work all but defies definition. History, sociology, economics, literature and literary criticism, philosophy, and anthropology all come within de Certeau's ken. * Journal of Modern History * Whether writing about madness and mysticism in the seventeenth century, South American resistance movements in the past and present, or the practice of everyday life in the twentieth century, Certeau developed a distinctive way of interpreting social and personal relations. * New York Review of Books * We are fortunate to have de Certeau's work available in English, and in such a graceful and meticulous translation. * Comparative Literature *


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