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Time, Consumption and the Coordination of Everyday Life (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)
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Time, Consumption and the Coordination of Everyday Life (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)
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Time pressure, speed and the desire for instant consumption pervade
accounts of contemporary lives. Why is it that people feel pressed
for time, in what ways have societies changed to create this
condition, and with what implications? This book examines critical
contentions in the field of time and society, ranging from the
emergence and dominance of 'clock time' and time discipline, the
time pressures associated with consumer culture, through to
technological innovation and the acceleration of everyday lives.
Through extensive analysis of empirical studies of the changing
ways in which people organise and experience home, work, leisure,
consumption and personal relationships, time pressure is shown to
be a problem of the coordination and synchronization of activities.
Appreciation of temporal rhythms - formed and reproduced through
the organisation and performance of social practices - is necessary
to tackle the challenges of coordination, and offers new avenues
for analysing social issues such as sustainable consumption, health
and well-being. This book is essential reading for all of those
interested in social change, consumption and time, including
researchers and students from across the social sciences.
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