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Utgivning, distribution etc. Malden, MA : Polity, 2008
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What do we know about ordinary people in our towns and cities, about what really matters to them and how they organize their lives today? This book visits an ordinary street and looks into thirty households. It reveals the aspirations and frustrations, the tragedies and accomplishments that are played out behind the doors. It focuses on the things that matter to these people, which quite often turn out to be material things - their house, the dog, their music, the Christmas decorations. These are the means by which they express who they have become, and relationships to objects turn out to be central to their relationships with other people - children, lovers, brothers and friends.
If this is a typical street in a modern city like London, then what kind of society is this? It's not a community, nor a neighbourhood, nor is it a collection of isolated individuals. It isn't dominated by the family. We assume that social life is corrupted by materialism, made superficial and individualistic by a surfeit of consumer goods, but this is misleading. If the street isn't any of these things, then what is it?
This brilliant and revealing portrayal of a street in modern London, written by one the most prominent anthropologists, shows how much is to be gained when we stop lamenting what we think we used to be and focus instead on what we are now becoming. It reveals the forms by which ordinary people make sense of their lives, and the ways in which objects become our companions in the daily struggle to make life meaningful.
Acknowledgements p. ix Prologue p. 1 Empty p. 8 Full p. 18 A Porous Vessel p. 32 Starry Green Plastic Ducks p. 46 Learning Love p. 57 The Aboriginal Laptop p. 67 Home and Homeland p. 73 Tattoo p. 83 Haunted p. 90 Talk to the Dog p. 100 Tales from the Publicans p. 108 Making a Living p. 117 McDonald's Truly Happy Meals p. 125 The Exhibitionist p. 133 Re-Birth p. 143 Strength of Character p. 153 Heroin p. 162 Shi p. 171 Brazil 2 England 2 p. 179 A Thousand Places to See before You Die p. 186 Rosebud p. 193 The Orientalist p. 201 Sepia p. 207 An Unscripted Life p. 217 Oh Sod It! p. 227 Jose and Jose's Wife p. 234 Wrestling p. 241 The Carpenter p. 252 Things That Bright Up the Place p. 260 Home Truths p. 274 Epilogue: If This Is Modern Life-Then What Is That? p. 282 The Study p. 298