What Does Sociology Mean
‘The everyday is anchored in a sense of home’.
Explain this statement with reference to ideas of routine, repetition and habit.
Rita Felski states that everyday life is experienced in a unique way. It is ‘anchored in a sense of home’ (DD201, Book 1 page 3). By this, she means that the everyday is connected and grounded by its relation to home. She also said that the everyday consists of repetitive behaviours, for example daily events like making meals, that we take the everyday for granted, as a habit. Home is a concept that is full of values and preconceived ideologies. It is socially constructed. Of course, it is a place where we dwell. But it is also where domestic ideologies romanticise the home as a haven from the outside world, where …show more content…
The home as we know it is a very recent development, which Tamara Hareven explains in ‘The home and the family in historical perspective’ (1993) in DD201 Book 1 Chapter 1 page 35. She offers an insight into the development of the home as a private space and she addresses how the home has become a place of gender inequality. She states that the separation of the home into a private space for a family was socially constructed and only apparent from the 18th and 19th century in the UK. Changes in society brought about by industrialisation and urbanisation led to the home becoming identified as a private haven.Domestic ideologies encouraged women to stay at home, except for at times of war. Therefore the home became a recognised as a female site and the world of work a male …show more content…
If our everyday lives are strongly linked to the home, then the television has a central place in the home. Most homes have a television and television is used to organise our daily lives; from the soaps to the news programmes to reality television shows. The television, according to Roger Silverstone is a ‘part of our domestic culture’ (DD201 Book 1 Chapter 1 page 27). The television provides a focal point for the family in the home. The television gives us a pattern to our lives, from the breakfast shows in the morning to the evening news. This creates a sense of ontological security. Ontological security is the positive benefit of having routine. Everyday life is about structures and routines, and this according to Silverstone helps us achieve a sense of identity and well-being. Television plays a key role in this, as the public world enters the private
Explain this statement with reference to ideas of routine, repetition and habit.
Rita Felski states that everyday life is experienced in a unique way. It is ‘anchored in a sense of home’ (DD201, Book 1 page 3). By this, she means that the everyday is connected and grounded by its relation to home. She also said that the everyday consists of repetitive behaviours, for example daily events like making meals, that we take the everyday for granted, as a habit. Home is a concept that is full of values and preconceived ideologies. It is socially constructed. Of course, it is a place where we dwell. But it is also where domestic ideologies romanticise the home as a haven from the outside world, where …show more content…
The home as we know it is a very recent development, which Tamara Hareven explains in ‘The home and the family in historical perspective’ (1993) in DD201 Book 1 Chapter 1 page 35. She offers an insight into the development of the home as a private space and she addresses how the home has become a place of gender inequality. She states that the separation of the home into a private space for a family was socially constructed and only apparent from the 18th and 19th century in the UK. Changes in society brought about by industrialisation and urbanisation led to the home becoming identified as a private haven.Domestic ideologies encouraged women to stay at home, except for at times of war. Therefore the home became a recognised as a female site and the world of work a male …show more content…
If our everyday lives are strongly linked to the home, then the television has a central place in the home. Most homes have a television and television is used to organise our daily lives; from the soaps to the news programmes to reality television shows. The television, according to Roger Silverstone is a ‘part of our domestic culture’ (DD201 Book 1 Chapter 1 page 27). The television provides a focal point for the family in the home. The television gives us a pattern to our lives, from the breakfast shows in the morning to the evening news. This creates a sense of ontological security. Ontological security is the positive benefit of having routine. Everyday life is about structures and routines, and this according to Silverstone helps us achieve a sense of identity and well-being. Television plays a key role in this, as the public world enters the private