Power and Everyday Practices

Deborah Brock, Rebecca Raby, Mark P. Thomas

ISBN 10: 0176502033 / ISBN 13: 9780176502034

Published by Nelson College Indigenous, 2012

Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Seller Inventory # 19303148-75

Synopsis:

Power and Everyday Practices is a unique, contributed one that takes up sociological theory and methods in the approachable context of everyday objects and practices primarily through Foucaultian and Marxist lenses. Rather than focusing first on abstract concepts, many of the chapters are organized around a familiar everyday activity for students, which engages the students and seeks to "trouble" their normative assumptions about the everyday world (for example, the chapter on coffee examines how our everyday activity of drinking coffee is linked to global economic relations and inequalities). This text uniquely focuses on "unpacking the centre" rather than concentrating on the margins (as an example, rather than focus on people of colour, the chapter on whiteness unpacks how whiteness works to occupy the centre and thus reproduce privilege). Students are asked to explore not only why questions but also how questions; to make visible not only why things are as they are, but how they have come to be historically, socially, and culturally organized. Deftly edited by Brock, Raby, and Thomas, a group of renowned Canadian sociologists have gathered to write a perfect core text for undergraduate and graduate courses on the subject of power and inequality.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Power and Everyday Practices
Publisher: Nelson College Indigenous
Publication Date: 2012
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Good
Edition: 1st Edition.