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    Power and Everyday Practices, Second Edition

    Deborah Brock (Edited by), Aryn Martin (Edited by), Rebecca Raby (Edited by), Mark Thomas (Edited by)

    9781487588229

    Paperback / softback, published 19 August 2019

    464 pages, 52 b&w illustrations
    23.6 x 18.8 x 1.8 cm, 0.76 kg

    This unique and innovative text provides undergraduate students with tools to think sociologically through the lens of everyday life. Normative social organization and taken for granted beliefs and actions are exposed as key mechanisms of power and social inequality in western societies today. By "unpacking the centre" students are encouraged to turn their social worlds inside out and explore alternatives to the dominant social order.

    The text is divided into three parts. In Part One students learn how to use theory and methodology, which are blended seamlessly throughout the text. It shows how to position Michel Foucault as a companion to theorists such as Karl Marx and Stuart Hall, while signaling the importance of non-western and Indigenous knowledges, experiences, and rights. In Part Two, students explore – and challenge – normativity; the normal body, heterosexuality, whiteness, the two-gender system, aging, and the under-side of citizenship. In Part Three, shorter chapters critique everyday practices such as thinking scientifically, practicing self-help, going shopping, managing money, buying coffee, being a tourist, and marginalizing Indigeneity. Each chapter includes intriguing exercises, study questions, and key terms that link to the volume’s comprehensive glossary. Instructors are provided PowerPoint slides, test banks, and multimodal supplementary resources that make the book adaptable to blended and online learning environments.

    Essay-style lectures are also available to accompany the textbook.

    Preface

    Introduction: Unpacking the Centre

    Part One: Foundations

    1. Thinking about Power
    Deborah Brock, York University

    2. Assembling Our Toolkit
    Andrea Noack, Ryerson University and Aryn Martin, York University

    Part Two: The Centre, Normalization, and Power

    3. Fashioning the Normal Body
    Anne McGuire, University of Toronto and Kelly Fritsch, Carleton University

    4. Trans/Gender
    Dan Irving, Carleton University

    5. Thinking "Straight"
    Alix Holtby, York University

    6. Whiteness Invented
    Melanie Knight, Ryerson University

    7. Being "Middle Class"
    Mark P. Thomas, York University

    8. Growing Up, Growing Old
    Rebecca Raby, Brock University

    9. Citizenship and Borders
    Nandita Sharma, University of Hawaii at Manoa

    Part Three: Everyday Practices

    10. Science and the "Matter" of Power
    Aryn Martin, York University

    11. Are You "Normal"?
    Heidi Rimke, University of Winnipeg and Deborah Brock, York University

    12. Going Shopping: The Politics of Everyday Consumption
    Dennis Soron, Brock University

    13. Are You Financially Fit?
    Mary Beth Raddon, Brock University

    14. Let’s Get a Coffee
    Gavin Fridell, Saint Mary’s University and Erika Koss, Saint Mary’s University

    15. Indigenous Youth: Representing Themselves
    Margot Francis, Brock University

    16. Being a Tourist
    Gada Mahrouse, Concordia University

    Conclusion
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