By focusing on familiar sites and scenes - the home, the pub, the street - this text introduces students to contemporary debates about the social organisation of everyday life.

* Introduces debates about the sociology of everyday life in an accessible, student-friendly manner.

* Covers major topics in the sociology of daily life from the private sphere through to work, consumption and the community.

* Shows how the perspectives of sociology, cultural studies and feminism can shed new light on everyday life.

* Employs a wide range of richly-worked examples to illustrate the debates.

* Forms part of a four-book series on sociology and society.

For more information about this book and the Sociology & Society series, visit the accompanying website at http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/ou